Capture screen of Windows store App

Question

Is it possible to capture the contents of running Windows store app? I need to capture the entire screen or a user defined rectangular area.

1. The application will provide share option
2. When the application is running and share option is selected, I want to get the screen shot periodically say 4 times in a second
3. This screen shot image will be posted to server, which will store the same

Answer 1

It's now possible in Windows 8.1 to capture the screen of a Store App. You need to use the RenderTargetBitmap class.

You can find an example here: http://mariusbancila.ro/blog/2013/11/05/render-the-screen-of-a-windows-store-app-to-a-bitmap-in-windows-8-1/

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

You can't capture screen programatically. See the below threads from MSDN.

Programmatically take snap shot Windows RT.

How to capture screen in Metro app?