[FREE] Take screenshot of components, arrangement and screen | Extension ComponentToImage

[Jerin_Jacob]

@Anke

on Android < 10 and in the ASD for Android ≥ 10.

Yes,

I'm using Qutil class to getExternalStorage ,
Since I'm having confusions with ASD.

[Peter]

I really like this extension. Used it several times. For instance here.

CoderDojo 10 years

Because CoderDojo is celebrating its 10th birthday they have a number of festivities. They also made some special birthday material to play with. One of the things is a social media profile ribbon. I used that to make the following little app. [Screenshot_20210802-105021] [Screenshot_20210802-105042] [Screenshot_20210802-105056] You choose a picture on your phone, select the piece you want to use, press process image and presto you have yourself a nice profile image. The image is saved in …

[Jerin_Jacob]

Glad to hear that Peter

I was unable to post extensions in AppInventor community.
It says, need approval from moderator.

However this one is live now.

Thank You

[Faraz_Firoz]

Wow, very good extension

[Peter]

@Jerin_Jacob

need approval from moderator .

That is why all extensions have to go through this proces

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[ChrisWard]

It's a very good extension Jerin. Would be great if it could save to the shared directory /pictures in Android 10+

See Anke's guide:

Some basics on Android storage system

From an Android point of view there are an → Internal Storage and an → External Storage . 1. Internal Storage The Internal Storage can only be accessed with a rooted device. 1.1 The app package is saved in /data/data/<packageName>/ In order to be able to debug your app, AI2 saves the assets for → Companion on devices with Android ≥ 10 (API ≥ 29): /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/edu.mit.appinventor.aicompanion3/files/assets/ Android < 10 : /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/edu.mit…

[Eng_A.Abdelaty]

I found this extension, but I do not want to save it in the device , I want to set it in an image component .picture inside the app .

[TIMAI2]

With that extension you will have to save it as a file first, before you can display it in an image component. You could store these files in a specific directory, then delete them as and when they are no longer required, or if just the one file, keep overwriting it using the same file name.

[Eng_A.Abdelaty]

Nothing saved !!

[Taifun]

@Eng_A.Abdelaty

Nothing saved

Nothing saved or you did not find the file, because it is stored in ASD?

Also which Android version are you using for your tests? Btw. to store something in ASD, no permission is required...

Which filepath do you get in the Created event?

Taifun

[Eng_A.Abdelaty]

Android 13

I didnt find it in the phone gallary

[Taifun]

you can only find those images in the gallery, which are accessible
images in the ASD are not accessible by other apps and the ComponentToImage extension stores the image in the ASD

also if you store a new image in shared storage it will not automatically appear in the gallery... you first have to refresh the gallery... the tools extension offers a GalleryRefresh method for this...

App Inventor Extensions: Tools | Pura Vida Apps

btw. you forgot to answer the question

@Taifun

Which filepath do you get in the Created event?

Taifun

[Eng_A.Abdelaty]

Nothing

[Taifun]

@Taifun

images in the ASD are not accessible by other apps and the ComponentToImage extension stores the image in the ASD

If you wang to see the image in the gallery, you have to first cooy or move it to shared storage

Taifun

[Eng_A.Abdelaty]

The task is now completed successfully

[Taifun]

Well done
Congratulations

Taifun

[kang_hai]

Hello, this extension can only save one picture, what's going on?

[kang_hai]

[TIMAI2]

@kang_hai

this extension can only save one picture

That is correct. It saves an image of the component you specify.

[kang_hai]

Thank you for your reply. Is there any way to continuously generate and save pictures?