On many Android devices, you can capture a screenshot by pressing the Power and Volume-down buttons
on the device simultaneously. To save a screenshot directly to your workstation, you can
capture the screenshot using Android Studio.

To capture a screenshot with Android Studio, follow these steps:

1. Run your app on a connected device or emulator. If using a connected device, be sure you have [enabled USB debugging](https://developer.android.com/studio/run/device#setting-up).
2. In Android Studio, select **View \> Tool Windows \> Logcat** to open [Logcat](https://developer.android.com/studio/debug/am-logcat).
3. Select the device and a process from the menus at the top of the window.
4. Click **Screen Capture** ![](https://developer.android.com/static/studio/images/buttons/monitor-screenshot.png) on the left side of the window.

   The screenshot appears in a **Screenshot Editor** window.

   **Tip:** On Android 7.0 and higher, you can reset the status bar to
   temporarily remove notifications and set the signal and battery levels to full. To do
   so, open Settings and select **Developer options \> Demo mode** . Enable
   **Show demo mode** . For more information, see
   [Configure on-device
   developer options](https://developer.android.com/studio/debug/dev-options).
   ![](https://developer.android.com/static/studio/images/debug/screenshot-editor_2x.png) **Figure 1.** Screenshot editor in Android Studio.
5. (Optional) Change the image with the following options:
   - **Recapture**: Take a new screenshot.
   - **Rotate Left**: Rotate the image 90 degrees counter-clockwise.
   - **Rotate Right**: Rotate the image 90 degrees clockwise.
   - **Frame Screenshot** : Choose a device to wrap your screenshot with real device artwork.

     **Note:** If
     you select a device for the screenshot frame that differs from the
     actual device you captured, the editor stretches your image to match the
     dimensions of the device frame. You instead might want to use the online
     [Device art
     generator](https://developer.android.com/distribute/tools/promote/device-art) that offers device frames for popular devices.
6. Click **Save**.
7. Specify the location and filename, and then click **OK**.

## Take a screenshot from the emulator


If you are using the emulator, you can take a screenshot from the emulator window by clicking the
**Take Screenshot** button, as shown in figure 2:
![](https://developer.android.com/static/studio/images/debug/screenshot-emulator_2x.png) **Figure 2.** Take a screenshot from the emulator window.