Q:

how to take a screenshot of an android layout?

my question is how do I take a screenshot using the built in screen capture. Any hints or sample code would be greatly appreciated.

A:

There are two ways you can try, 

Using Eclipse

Open the Devices view in Eclipse ( Window Menu --> Show View Option --> Other, Android --> Devices), and there's a toolbar button on the right side labeled Screen Capture

Using Android Code
Bitmap bitmap;
View v1 = MyView.getRootView();
v1.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(v1.getDrawingCache());
v1.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);

