Screen capture?

[Pablo]

Hello everybody!

I would like to capture the screen in my iOS app and save the frame to an image file. Is it possible?

Thanks!

[Francois]

Not for the moment, but a screen capture object for iOS is a good idea.
You can do it in XCode though : open the organiser window, and you have an option for screen captures.

[Pablo]

Hi Francois,

Yes, it would be nice, in fact I was thinking about a way to capture the screen inside the app and share it or send it to Twitter.

Thanks for the reply, greetings!

[xhedgehogx]

Screenshot - Press the Home button and immediately press the lock button (at the same time), your screen will flash white and you have a screenshot in your Photos app.

Video - If you are jailbroken, I recommend Display Recorder. It has customizable options that will let you change resolution, frame rate, etc. Also, if your device is AirPlay Mirroring ready, you can download Reflection onto your Mac, this tricks your iDevice into thinking its mirroring to an Apple TV. Then you can just record your Mac's screen using QuickTime or other screen recording software. This method does not require a jailbreak.

[Pablo]

Thanks xhedgehogx! Didn't know about that way of capturing a screenshot.

I'm making a kind of drawing app, and I would like to be able to capture the screen during runtime within an event. Pressing Home+Lock buttons is a workaround but telling the user to do that to save a snapshot of the frame doesn't feel serious.

If anybody knows a way I would be glad to hear it. And I wouldn't mind to pay for a extension that can save the frame to a image file.

Greetings!

[EbolaBoy]

I agree this would be very usefull. I've been holding off on several apps I want to make since we can't do this just yet. Looking foreword to it if this feature is under development!

[Evilized79]

Id rather have the camera object working correctly