xuleilx / android-fb2png

Capture framebuffer and save it in png format

android-fb2png

Capture framebuffer of Android and save it in png format.

Features

• Run CLI on both PC and Mobile side.
• Support both emulator and device.
• API can be easily embedded into c code.

Getting started

PC Side

Download prebuilt version adb_screenshoot from here: http://code.google.com/p/android-fb2png/downloads/

Capture Android's screen and save it into the current working directory.

adb_screenshoot

Device Side

Download prebuilt version fb2png from here: http://code.google.com/p/android-fb2png/downloads/

Push to device/emulator and grant execute permission

adb push fb2png /data/local/
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/fb2png

Capture screen and save to /data/local/fbdump.png

adb shell /data/local/fb2png /data/local/fbdump.png

Pull the screenshot back

adb pull /data/local/fbdump.png

Then you can view it with your favorite image viewer