README.md
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2 Android ScreenCapture Sample
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5 This sample demonstrates how to use Media Projection API to capture device screen in real time and
6 show it on a SurfaceView.
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8 Introduction
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11 Media Projection API lets you capture the current screen through Surface.
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13 To start media projection, you need to get an instance of [MediaProjection][1]. For this, you have
14 to call startActivityForResult with an Intent from
15 [MediaProjectionManager.createScreenCaptureIntent()][2]. This shows a confirmation dialog to the
16 user. When user confirms it, you will get a result code and data in onActivityResult, so pass those
17 to [getMediaProjection][3].
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19 Once you get a MediaProjection, use [createVirtualDisplay][4] and bind it to a Surface.
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21 [1]: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/projection/MediaProjection.html
22 [2]: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/projection/MediaProjectionManager.html#createScreenCaptureIntent()
23 [3]: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/projection/MediaProjectionManager.html#getMediaProjection(int, android.content.Intent)
24 [4]: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/projection/MediaProjection.html#createVirtualDisplay(java.lang.String, int, int, int, int, android.view.Surface, android.hardware.display.VirtualDisplay.Callback, android.os.Handler)
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26 Pre-requisites
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28
29 - Android SDK v23
30 - Android Build Tools v23.0.0
31 - Android Support Repository
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33 Screenshots
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36 <img src="screenshots/main.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/>
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38 Getting Started
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41 This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
42 "gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.
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44 Support
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47 - Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
48 - Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android
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50 If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
51 https://github.com/googlesamples/android-ScreenCapture
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53 Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
54 submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.
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56 License
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59 Copyright 2014 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.
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