This Android tutorial is about how to take screenshots from your screen. The reasons for this can be varied. Either you have found a bug and want to capture it on a screenshot or you want to take a screenshot of your city in the Android games app The Simpsons Springfield or show friends where to click.
But how can you take screen shots on Android at all? Since we have been asked this question several times, we want to go into it and also introduce you to another page that contains numerous tips and tricks for other areas.
Take screenshots from the Android screen – Here’s how
First of all, you should find out which version of Android is running on your device. Android 4 is now the newest (if you read this article, maybe not anymore). But at least 2013 should be the latest.
If you do not know which version of Android you have, simply go to the settings of the Android system. In the item “About the phone”, usually at the very bottom of the Android settings, you will find information about the current Android version installed on the Android smartphone or tablet. If it is now clear which Android version you have, just look in the menu item below.This could be of interest to you Our smartphone recommendations for Christmas 2019 – Find out more!
Take screenshots in Android 2 only with app
If you have Android 2.3 or below, you cannot usually take the screenshots with the device. Only a few Android smartphones have received this function directly from the manufacturer. However, there is a possibility to take screenshots and that also for laymen. After all, “root” is not so easy to do.
Anyone can install an app. So the Android app No Root Screenshot It offers itself. So you can install the app as normal and take screenshots from the Android screen:
Take screenshots from the screen under Android 3 and Android 4
Google has noticed that such a function has often been desired and has integrated the functionality directly into the Android operating system.
And this is how it works: Just press the on / off button and the volume down button on the Android device. Depending on how these buttons are positioned, it can be easier or more difficult.