The API onlyĪllows capturing non-secure screen content, and not system audio. Object, which your app can then send across the network. The new createVirtualDisplay() method allows your app to capture theĬontents of the main screen (the default display) into a Surface Screen sharing in a video conferencing app. This functionality is useful, for example, if you want to enable The only place I've found is the documentations ( here, under 'Screen capturing and sharing'), telling me this:Īndroid 5.0 lets you add screen capturing and screen sharingĬapabilities to your app with the new APIs. I can't find any tutorial or explanation about how to do it using the API, meaning in code. You can even do it from within Android Studio itself. Using ADB, you can use: adb shell screenrecord /sdcard/video.mp4 You can do it either via the ADB tool or via code (starting from Lollipop).Įver since the new API was out, many apps came to that use this feature, allowing to record the screen, and Microsoft even made its own Google-Now-On-tap competitor app. Android got a new API on Kitkat and Lollipop, to video capture the screen.

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