Android - Not taking screenshot of current screen

Question

Code work fine for first screenshot and keep taking same screenshot regardless of moving to another view.

How to get current screenshot?

public void saveBitmap(Bitmap bitmap) {

    File imagePath = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/" + new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddhhmmss'.jpg'").format(new Date()) );
    FileOutputStream fos =null;
    try {
        fos = new FileOutputStream(imagePath);
        bitmap.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, fos);
        fos.flush();
        fos.close();
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        Log.e("GREC", e.getMessage(), e);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.e("GREC", e.getMessage(), e);
    }
}

click info:

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
    switch (v.getId()) {
    case R.id.iSave:
          Bitmap bitmap = null;
          bitmap = takeScreenshot();
          saveBitmap(bitmap);
        break;
    } 
}

here:

public Bitmap takeScreenshot() {
   View rootView = findViewById(android.R.id.content).getRootView();
   rootView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
   return rootView.getDrawingCache();
}

Answer 1

Call rootView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false); after taking the screen-shot. Turning it off and then on again forces it to update correctly.

public Bitmap takeScreenshot() {
   View rootView = findViewById(android.R.id.content).getRootView();
   rootView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
   Bitmap bitmap = rootView.getDrawingCache();
   rootView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
   return bitmap;
}

Answer 2

I have ever tried to capture the current Activity and then share the screenshot. This below is how I did, take a look at them if you are still interested, and I think you would agree.

First, the get the root view of current Activity:

View rootView = getWindow().getDecorView().findViewById(android.R.id.content);

or

View rootView = findViewById(android.R.id.content);

or

View rootView = findViewById(android.R.id.content).getRootView();

Second, get Bitmap from the root view:

public static Bitmap getScreenShot(View view) {
    View screenView = view.getRootView();
    screenView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
    Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(screenView.getDrawingCache());
    screenView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
    return bitmap;
}

Third, store the Bitmap into the SDCard:

private final static String dir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "/Screenshots";
public static void store(Bitmap bm, String fileName){
    File dir = new File(dir);
    if(!dir.exists())
        dir.mkdirs();
    File file = new File(dir, fileName);
    try {
        FileOutputStream fOut = new FileOutputStream(file);
        bm.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 85, fOut);
        fOut.flush();
        fOut.close();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

At last, share the screenshot file:

private void shareImage(String file){
    Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(file);
    Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    intent.setType("image/*");
    intent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "");
    intent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "");
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Share Screenshot"));
}