Android Studio Emulator device screen capture screen not available

Question

Using Android Studio in Windows. Trying to get the screenshot.

1. Run my App in Debug Mode.
2. Open the Android DDMS tool window.
3. Click Screen Capture on the left side of the Android DDMS tool window.

When the Device Screen Capture window appears, "save" button is disabled and shows Screen not available.

Answer 1

In the Android Virtual Device Manager (AVD) try unchecking the virtual devices Emulated Performance settings: use host GPU.

Answer 2

An alternative is to use adb screenrecord

https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/shell.html#screenrecord

$ adb shell screenrecord /sdcard/demo.mp4
(press Ctrl-C to stop)
$ adb pull /sdcard/demo.mp4
$ adb shell rm /sdcard/demo.mp4