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title: "How to take emulator screenshots using Eclipse?"  
description: "How to take emulator screenshots using Eclipse?"  
author: "Samuel Fernandes"  
published: 2015-04-04  
updated: 2015-04-04  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/23077/how-to-take-emulator-screenshots-using-eclipse  
category: "android"  
tags: ["android", "android emulator"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to take emulator screenshots using Eclipse?

I need to take [screenshots](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2115/twitter-encourages-users-to-share-tweets-rather-than-copy-links-from-screenshots) of an [android application](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33405/how-to-get-the-build-version-number-of-your-android-application) running on an emulator in Eclipse Galileo.

Is there a built-in [feature](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12788/how-to-boost-sales-using-magento-2-checkout-feature) for this or do I have to [download](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/188403/website-to-download-photos-from-instagram) a [plugin](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23236/institute-management-for-wordpress-plugin) of some sorts?

## Replies

### Reply by Anonymous User

You can take a screenshot if you open the [Android](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13046/10-reasons-why-i-prefer-android-vs-iphone-ios) view "devices" (under Window --> Show View --> Other... --> Android --> Devices). Click on the device or emulator you want to take a screen shot of, then click the "Screen Capture" button (it looks like a little picture, and it should be next to a stop sign button). Occasionally the device won't immediately load the picture; sometimes you have to close/reopen the screen capture window.

This is equivalent to taking a picture via DDMS, but you can do it in Eclipse instead of opening another [application](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12824/calculator-application-in-android).


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