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Capturing a screenshot with Android

Capturing a screenshot with Android

- Dynamically sharing your screen is incredibly powerful. But often a picture of what is on screen is exactly what you need to share in order to show some work or concept. Capturing a screenshot of an Android device, will be dependent on the specific device and version of Android that you're running. In general, there are four primary ways you can try to take a screenshot and more than likely one of these will work for you and your device. Try each of these methods to find the one that works for your device then set your screen up with what you want to show and use that method to capture the screenshot. The most common way to take a screenshot is to press and hold the power and volume down button at the same time. If your device has a dedicated home button like mine then you may need to press and hold the power and home button at the same time. Notice that an animation indicated that my device just captured a screenshot. On some Android devices, pressing and holding the power button…

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