Screenshot from custom view

[Melphin]

why you can't take screenshot from custom view?
I think, you can add this feature

add method

private static void takeScreenshot(File file, final View view)

and refer from

private static void takeScreenshot(File file, final Activity activity)
{
   takeScreenshot(file, activity.getWindow().getDecorView())
}

end add public method

public static void screenshot(View view, String tag)

what you think?

[JakeWharton]

Is there any reason to do a specific view? Curious what you're doing where
a full screenshot wouldn't do.

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016, 6:56 PM Константин notifications@github.com wrote:

why you can't take screenshot from custom view?
I think, you can add this feature

add method

private static void takeScreenshot(File file, final View view)

and refer from

private static void takeScreenshot(File file, final Activity activity)
{
takeScreenshot(file, activity.getWindow().getDecorView())
}

end add public method

public static void screenshot(View view, String tag)

what you think?

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#328

[Melphin]

Custom Dialogs

[Melphin]

i think, it's most flexibility.
Take shot from some part of activity, for example specific list item, or anything else.
Each shot can be made for presentation some ui style, variations, etc.

[JakeWharton]

We tend to only add features and APIs based on actual need, not
hypothetical need. Would changing the full screen capture to include
dialogs address your needs?

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i think, it's most flexibility.
Take shot from some part of activity, for example specific list item, or
anything else.
Each shot can be made for presentation some ui style, variations, etc.

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[Melphin]

i think, i will do it myself. We have very specified things
thanks for the answer

[JakeWharton]

I'm not opposed to adding a view-based API, just trying to figure out what
the requirements are. As I said, we don't just add every API without a
proper motivating case that we're comfortable supporting.

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[Melphin]

for example:
I have many variations of design for one view (Icon+button, bigpic, icon+bigpic, icon+text, icon+bigpic+button other, other and other)
My test makes all variations in one list view. One screenshot not included all my views. So, we need to scroll down and shot again (or make another pack of views)
But with "screenshot of view" it so be easy. Each view (variation) in same shot.

And other example:
I need to test a dialog, and dialog - not activity. (can't take a shot)
But

myDialog.getWindow().getDecorView();

thats all.

One API

public static void takeScreenshootFromView(View view, String tag) {...}

and i can take shots from some view in my hierarchy, or DecorView from my dialogs or anywhere else

[JakeWharton]

@edenman thoughts? I think I'm comfortable with the inclusion, although it'll mess up the HTML report and GIF a bit...

[edenman]

Seems pretty specialized. Let's leave it out for now, but I'll reopen this. Other folks, if you have similar needs, chime in!

[Ivanello]

Hello, in our project we use Spoon and have to take screenshots only some views to compare. This opportunity would be very useful. Tnx

[cmfsotelo]

Hi there,
just giving out my opinion/case here. I use a functionality similar to what @Melphin stated, to take a screenshot of a view. Despite the target view, i actually take a "screen" shot, and not only the view view port.
Also, for my convenience, i don't pass a view... i actually pass a matcher and then perform a scroll to, but that can be getting out of the idea and scope in this issue.
Cheers

[bogdanRada]

i am interested in this also :)