device_screenshot

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The device_screenshot package is a Flutter plugin designed to capture screenshots of the entire device screen on Android. It enables developers to programmatically take full-device screenshots, useful for testing, debugging, or generating visual reports. The plugin integrates seamlessly with Flutter applications and requires no additional native code setup beyond standard configuration. It supports Android platforms and is ideal for scenarios where visual validation or automated screenshot generation is needed.

Use cases

Automated UI testing
Debugging visual issues
Generating app previews
Creating visual documentation
Recording app states

Key features

Captures full device screen
Android-only support
Simple API integration
No native code required
Works in background

Suitable for

Test automation engineers
UI/UX developers
App debuggers
Documentation creators
Quality assurance teams

Considerations

Limited to Android platform
Requires runtime permissions
May not work on all devices
Potential performance impact during capture
Not suitable for iOS development

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Device Screenshot

💡 Overview

A Flutter plugin that can helps you to take screenshot your overall device using media projection and foreground service.

The plugin currently supports Android only and doesn't support IOS because the feature of media projection is not available there

💻 Usage

First, add device_screenshot as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.

dependencies:
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter

  device_screenshot: ^update_version

Don't forget to flutter pub get.

🔧 Setup

Set the minimum SDK version to 21 or higher in your android/app/build.gradle file:

android {
    defaultConfig {
        ...
        minSdkVersion 21 // Set this to 21 or higher
        ...
    }
}

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" package="...">
  ...

  <application
        ...
        ...>

        <activity
            ...
            ...>

        <!--Add this-->
        <service
            android:name="com.flutter.device_screenshot.src.MediaProjectionService"
            android:enabled="true"
            android:exported="false"
            android:foregroundServiceType="mediaProjection"
            android:permission="TODO"
            android:stopWithTask="false"
            />
        <!--end-->

        ...
  ...
  </application>
</manifest>

Import the package:

import 'package:device_screenshot/device_screenshot.dart';

Use the singleton instance of DeviceScreenshot to access all the available methods, for example:

DeviceScreenshot.instance.checkMediaProjectionService()

📱 To take screenshot

At first you need to run foreground service and for this

DeviceScreenshot.instance.requestMediaProjection()

Now you are ready to take your Device Screenshot.

Uri? uri = await DeviceScreenshot.instance.takeScreenshot()

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