Droid@Screen
I have recently start to learn programming Android. It’s Java, but the environment is very, very different from ordinary server and/or desktop Java programming. Mostly because the device is limited in all sorts of resources. Therefore, the API puts some burden on the lone hacker.
Anyway, I needed a simple tool to project the screen of my HTC Hero device on my PC, for showing it to an audience. I found one such application, but wasn’t really satisfied with its functionality and because I didn’t want to step on someones toes by messing around and changing way to much of the code I went for my own solution. My primary objective was to ensure it was operational before next Sunday, when I will need it.
Here is how it looks like
It is a simple Java Swing application, delivered as an all-inclusive executable JAR file. Therefore, one can launch it simply by double-clicking on the JAR file, or run the following command
java -jar droidAtScreen-0.3.jar
The Droid@Screen JAR file can be found here (pls understand it is alpha software)
Source Code
The source code is open source and I have put all of it to my git repo at Codaset.
The project is built using Maven. Before you can compile, you need to install two Android JAR files to your Maven repo. It is the android.jar and the ddmlib.jar files. Use the mvn install-file command. The easiest to get the mvn syntax right is to try compile it and wait for Maven to point out how to run the install-file command.
Screen-Shots
Here are some more screen-shots.
Landscape mode
Scaled image
Multiple windows
Save screenshots
Setting the path to the ADB executable
The application relies upon the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) application, which will be started unless it’s already running. So the very first thing Droid@Screen does is to prompt for that path.
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Jens Riboe
It will be find if we can record video.
I Increase frame rate, but it’s a bit laggy. How can it be more smooth ?
hi, can you list more details on how to use this application on pc?
i have install the sdk and java, execute the downloaded jar and browse the path to sdk/tools/adb.exe but nothing happens still.
Very nice, thank you! Exactly what I was looking for. I am also running at 30fps but seeing some lag when scrolling.
Excellent utility, just what I was looking for. Had to do a live demo yesterday, wish I had this then. Thanks!
Thank you for this. Much appreciated.
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Great job. It’s work. Waiting for the next version.
Awesome Application!!! Thank you.
Excellent tool, I’ll use for getting static snapshots for the manual of my application. If it is possible to have it smoothly working with higher fps rates, so it can be used to produced screencasts, it would be fantastic.
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Whats the minimum version of android sdk required to run this jar?
Hi Ribo,
Its an Awesome application. really very useful. Also can you please let me know how to take screenshot only in command line. Can you please provide the utility for that?
Thank You.
Regards,
Rajesh Kumar
Thank u very much
it really helped.
ur work is perfect.
Works great, but landscape doesn’t seem to work with Froyo… it displays the image in portrait mode correctly, but kinda hard to read sideways.
Fantastic utility, Thanks!
I stand corrected, it does work, please ignore the last comment.
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