Using ADB to capture the screen [duplicate]

Answer 1

https://stackoverflow.com/a/37191719/75579 answer stopped working for me in Android 7 somehow. So I have to do it the manual way, so I want to share it.

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How to install

1. Put this snippet of code in your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile file:

   snap_screen() {
     if [ $# -eq 0 ]
     then
       name="screenshot.png"
     else
       name="$1.png"
     fi
     adb shell screencap -p /sdcard/$name
     adb pull /sdcard/$name
     adb shell rm /sdcard/$name
     curr_dir=pwd
     echo "save to `pwd`/$name"
   }
   

2. Run source ~/.bash_profile or source ~/.profile command,

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How to use

Usage without specifying filename:

$ snap_screen
11272 KB/s (256237 bytes in 0.022s)
Saved to /Users/worker8/desktop/screenshot.png

Usage with a filename:

$ snap_screen mega_screen_capture
11272 KB/s (256237 bytes in 0.022s)
Saved to /Users/worker8/desktop/mega_screen_capture.png

Hope it helps!

** This will not work if multiple devices are plugged in