Tuesday, March 6, 2012

How to display your Android screen on your desktop

A good screen capture tool is essential for Android developers. It is invaluable while making presentations as I recently discovered during my talk about Firefox Mobile Testing.

Thanks to flyingclimber for introducing me to Droid@Screen. This tool enables you to display your android screen on your desktop in portrait/landscape mode and does image scaling too. Making screen shots and videos of your android device is also supported. If the video performance is not so good, try changing the frame-rate settings.

To use Droid@Screen, you need Java and Android SDK installed on your computer. Download this droidAtScreen-0.5.1.jar file from here or from this mirror and run it by typing this command in your terminal. Make sure you have enabled 'USB Debugging' on your Android device.


# Download the program 
$ wget http://blog.ribomation.com/download/http://blog.ribomation.com/wp-content/files/droidAtScreen-1.0.1.jar

# Launch Droid@Screen from command-line
$ java -jar droidAtScreen-0.5.1.jar

The software prompts you for the location of your Android SDK adb.

Connect your phone and select the device name from the Droid@Screen menu. And you are done.

Video Tutorial of Droid@Screen

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48 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 10, 2012 at 9:52 PM

    Thanks for the tips.

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  2. UnknownApril 13, 2012 at 11:45 PM

    You are most welcome Sarah.

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    1. AnonymousMay 21, 2012 at 2:45 AM

      the download doesnt work could a link on media fire or something

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    2. UnknownMay 21, 2012 at 1:36 PM

      Thanks, Updated the blog post with new download link.
      http://ifile.it/7d638nv

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  3. AnonymousMay 28, 2012 at 3:44 AM

    your link on http://ifile.it tells me "no such file".

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    1. UnknownMay 28, 2012 at 10:02 AM

      The iFile link seems to be deleted. :(

      You can download the file directly from the author's blog post link

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  4. AnonymousJune 22, 2012 at 4:27 AM

    This blog seems to be no longer available. Can someone post an active link to droid@screen?

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  5. UnknownJune 22, 2012 at 5:48 AM

    I have shared droid@screen using file-sharing services but they are removed.

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  6. MiseewJune 23, 2012 at 2:08 AM

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

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    1. UnknownJune 23, 2012 at 6:13 AM

      You can download this tool from my mirror on github.

      https://github.com/arky/droidAtScreen

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    2. AnonymousAugust 25, 2012 at 12:21 AM

      thanks a lot for mirror!!

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    3. AnonymousAugust 27, 2012 at 11:11 PM

      just downloaded the jar file, but when I run it in a command window using
      java -jar droidatscreen-0.1.5.jar
      I get a "invalid or corrupt jarfile ..." message.

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    4. UnknownAugust 28, 2012 at 4:30 PM

      Please download the file again and try it.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 7:15 AM

    Thank you, Arky, for placing it on GitHub.

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  8. Jaime CaicedoAugust 3, 2012 at 8:10 AM

    Wow
    Great job,
    This is so useful for me
    Thanks for all

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  9. JonathanAugust 7, 2012 at 5:15 AM

    Does this work with HTC Rezound? Have ICS 4.0.

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  10. CharlesAugust 15, 2012 at 11:52 AM

    why cant i locate the ADB on the android-sdk folder?

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    1. UnknownAugust 15, 2012 at 11:57 AM

      You can find the adb tool in /platform-tools/. Please look at the new SDK
      documentation.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2012 at 11:40 PM

    HTC Rezound does work but I had to download HTC Sync application because it also included USB driver for the Rezound.
    This is a great app that I have been using for quite a while!

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  12. AnonymousNovember 24, 2012 at 5:00 PM

    Hey Arky! Thnx :-)

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  13. AnonymousNovember 29, 2012 at 8:48 PM

    hi does the latency that i face has to do with my low ram, or by default it cannot achieve great results while capturing video( btw i used the top frame rating setting)

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  14. CurmudgeonDecember 16, 2012 at 11:22 PM

    Nice find.

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  15. AnonymousDecember 23, 2012 at 9:00 AM

    nice app! how to increase frame rate?

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  16. UnknownDecember 29, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    You can set the frame rate to 'Fastest' in Options > Frame Rate menu option.

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    1. AnonymousApril 3, 2014 at 8:34 PM

      can u show me how u did it cuz i cant find it

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  17. Android App DevelopmentJanuary 7, 2013 at 8:16 PM

    Very nice blog...that help me to display android screen on my desktop. This process also help to other people who need to do it. I also say thanks for sharing this information.

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  18. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2013 at 12:47 AM

    Thanks, but I have a problem. ScreenDroid shows only notification bar, not the whole screen content.
    Do you know what is the problem?

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2013 at 12:48 AM

    I have a problem, screendroid shows only notification bar, not the whole screen content.
    Do you know what is the problem?

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  20. christopher rizzoFebruary 11, 2013 at 2:50 AM

    Any idea how to stop the red flickering on the screen? I have a N4. Thanks.

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    1. UnknownFebruary 12, 2013 at 6:36 PM

      Not sure what the problem is. Can you take a screen shot?

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  21. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2013 at 8:54 PM

    i cant find the directory for the adb thing. sdk manager and jar file are installed. i can't find a path for adb executable.

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    1. UnknownFebruary 17, 2013 at 9:03 PM

      You'll find 'adb' program under platform-tools directory.

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    2. AnonymousMarch 7, 2013 at 6:23 PM

      i followed all the steps but nothing happened after mapping the sdk using driod@screen. please help. thanks.

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  22. AnonymousMay 27, 2013 at 12:12 PM

    I have the same problem.
    All steps done but no result.

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  23. AnonymousJune 26, 2013 at 5:59 PM

    Really helpful. Thanks a lot!

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  24. AnonymousJuly 12, 2013 at 1:41 PM

    i have follow all step but android screen not showing on pc but device is connected.plz help..

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  25. COM1November 12, 2013 at 7:03 AM

    So i've done everything right, I downloaded the SDK, installed the tools, copied the adb into the tools folder, Open Droid@screen, Selected the adb.exe, but my device does not show under the list. I have an HTC G2 (also called the Desire i think). I have java 7 and i also put my phone in debug mode. Is there a step that i missed? Does it work for my type of phone at all?

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  26. Susan BriereDecember 4, 2013 at 11:08 AM

    I ran through the steps installing the sdk, enabling usb debugging, loading the jar file, and located adb.exe, which went without a hitch. Sadly, the app doesn't recognize my Droid Maxx. Is there a 'helper' app that might help me? I need to prove that I can create a screencast with my Android phone for a class I'm taking (Transforming Learning with Mobile Devices). All of the other devices in the class are iPads and iPhones. This is the first assignment that I haven't been able to complete from my phone.... any ideas?

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  27. AnonymousDecember 27, 2013 at 7:58 PM

    thanks you !!!!! this is very nice ...

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  28. UnknownJanuary 31, 2014 at 11:37 PM

    How do I set the adbb path if im using Android Studio where it stores sdk/platform-tools inside the Android Studio.app package? If I write out the whole path: /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/platform-tools it just cuts off everything after the .app/ and if i just leave it up to .app/ then it doesn't work.

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  29. UnknownMay 22, 2014 at 5:22 AM

    I installed and it works, but is there any way to make it faster?? right now it runs about 1 frame/ 12 seconds, really slow

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  30. ASHWINDecember 8, 2014 at 3:22 PM

    It shows rejected. Help me

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  31. UnknownDecember 20, 2014 at 11:23 PM

    Hi Arky

    It shows my galaxy note as rejected.Please help!

    Thanks

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  32. AnonymousApril 5, 2015 at 10:39 PM

    The state is showing as rejected for Galaxy S3.Could you please advice on this.The S3 has a broken screen so I need to access it from PC or mac

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  33. mrbaseball22August 19, 2015 at 10:30 PM

    I have a Xperia Z, I run the program but my device doesn't appear and my screen is broken, please help me! I need my contacts and files back

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  34. UnknownFebruary 1, 2017 at 5:14 PM

    Very nice blog...that help us to display android screen on my desktop

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  35. AnonymousJune 11, 2017 at 7:42 PM

    Hey but in android 4.2 devices it show allow rsa fingerprint authorisation how to allow that if your display is damaged. ?if cant see anything on screen.please help me outttt

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