Android Studio device screenshot/screen capture resolution should be controllable [161467634]

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Description

[Deleted User]

created issue #1

Jul 17, 2020 08:50AM

For most purposes (creating screenshots for bug tickets, discussions about UI in email, etc), matching the resolution of the target device when capturing screenshots in Android Studio is now producing images that are unnecessarily large, for example a screenshot from a Samsung Galaxy S20 is 1080x2400px. It would be useful to be able to set an output resolution or scale in a similar way as is possible when capturing video.

Build: AI-193.6911.18.40.6514223, 202005201507,

AI-193.6911.18.40.6514223, JRE 1.8.0_242-release-1644-b3-6222593x64 JetBrains s.r.o, OS Linux(amd64) v5.7.1-1-default, screens 2560x1440, 1920x1080

AS: 4.0; Kotlin plugin: 1.3.72-release-Studio4.0-1; Android Gradle Plugin: 4.0.0; Gradle: 6.1.1; NDK: from local.properties: (not specified), latest from SDK: 19.2.5345600; LLDB: pinned revision 3.1 not found, latest from SDK: (package not found); CMake: from local.properties: (not specified), latest from SDK: 3.6.0-rc2, from PATH: 3.17.3

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vi...@google.com <vi...@google.com> Jul 17, 2020 08:51AM

Assigned to an...@google.com.

rp...@google.com <rp...@google.com> Oct 23, 2020 09:10PM

Reassigned to ju...@google.com.

ju...@google.com <ju...@google.com> Jun 14, 2021 06:05PM

Reassigned to aa...@google.com.

aa...@google.com <aa...@google.com> #2Jun 17, 2021 05:02PM

Reassigned to ad...@google.com.

You can already specify the resolution for screen capture video.

As for screenshot, I'm not sure how much value there is here. It's already very easy to resize a captured image using existing 3rd party tools. I'm not convinced that adding special UI for this in Android Studio is warrented.

Assigning to PM for an official decision.

ad...@google.com <ad...@google.com> #3Jun 18, 2021 02:00AM

Hello OP! Thanks for the feedback. I would like to know more about why the resolution of the screenshot is an issue for your team.

A lossless PNG at 1080x2400px should be ~1.5MB. Are there issues with transmitting files of this size, or are you storing a large amount of files where this becomes an issue?

When creating a screenshot, we'd prefer to keep true to the native device resolution. But would be interested to hear if there significant drawbacks for you.

[Deleted User] <[Deleted User]> #4Jun 23, 2021 01:12PM

Hi,

It's not the file size that's relevant, it's the dimensions of the images themselves when it comes to using them in tools like Github for reviews - probably the place where screen shots are used the most. Without manually wrapping included images in HTML IMG tags to control the size, they're ridiculously huge. So whilst yes, it's possible to open them all in an image editor and resize them, it would seem much better from a workflow point of view if it was possible to do this when capturing (even just a simple 25%/50%/100% toggle would do), like we already can for videos. As device resolutions increase, screenshots are going to become increasingly unweildy.

ad...@google.com <ad...@google.com> #5Dec 14, 2022 01:40AM

Thanks for the feedback! Moving this component as this action will soon be moved out of logcat.

sp...@google.com <sp...@google.com> Feb 7, 2025 02:11AM

Accepted by sp...@google.com.

sp...@google.com <sp...@google.com> Feb 7, 2025 05:43PM

Marked as fixed.

an...@google.com <an...@google.com> #6Feb 13, 2025 06:52PM

Thank you for your patience while our engineering team worked to resolve this issue. A fix for this issue is now available in:

Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 Canary 5
Android Gradle Plugin 8.10.0-alpha05

We encourage you to try the latest update.

If you notice further issues or have questions, please file a new bug report.

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