Path to screenshots in Android

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Is there a way to find out the path used by android to save screenshots?

Can I get the path from a code?

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 12 '12 at 12:57

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Android's API has no fixed path for screenshots but

File pix = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
File screenshots = new File(pix, "Screenshots");

might work. That's what ICS uses as path.

answered Mar 12 '12 at 12:57

zapl

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Yes,but it is only for ICS. "/sdcard/ScreenCapture" is a path for screenshots in old samsung devices. "Camera shots" is the path for htc. – radya Mar 12 '12 at 13:24
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The only thing you can do then is to create a list of paths for each device and match them with http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.html – zapl Mar 12 '12 at 13:31
It was first, what i thought about. But i'll hope find better solution. – radya Mar 12 '12 at 14:18
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"Phone\Pictures\Screenshots" on my Samsung Galaxy S3 – Delcasda Aug 27 '13 at 14:22
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@Delcasda I don't have an S3 to test but `Phone\Pictures` could be what `Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES` points to on the S3. – zapl Aug 28 '13 at 10:51
`/Pictures/Screenshots/` on Nexus4 running 4.4 (Kitkat) – palaniraja Dec 04 '13 at 05:28
/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/Screenshots/ on Nexus5 4.4.3 – PPTim Jun 25 '14 at 05:20
/storage/emulated/legacy/Pictures/Screenshots on my Nexus 7 with 4.4.3 – Thomas Padron-McCarthy Jan 07 '15 at 11:34
On Samsung S6 Edge the 'Screenshots' directory is in DCIM folder not in Pictures ... – Rudy Rudolf Jun 16 '15 at 11:46
how they differ ? Is they differ by Android API versions ?. Is there any way to get current phone screenshot directory ? – Jayesh M May 09 '18 at 11:43
@zapl Do you have the list of path for each version of android ? Is this differ from Phones or Android API ? Can you help to find the solution ? – Jayesh M May 09 '18 at 11:47

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '15 at 06:52

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The "Screenshots" value is part of the private API.

Here is link to the source code where the value is set. Since the class is loaded in our application context there is no option to access the field. I'd hardcode it as @zapi suggested.

answered Jun 16 '15 at 06:52

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 24 '22 at 10:47

Few might find this usefull..

 public static File mDir= new File(String.valueOf(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM)));
 public static File mDirScreenshots = new File(mDir,"Screenshots");

And to fetch the screenshots

 public static ArrayList<File> getAllScreenshots(File dir){
    File listFile[] = dir.listFiles();
    if (listFile != null && listFile.length > 0) {
        for (int i = 0; i < listFile.length; i++) {
            Log.e(YOUR_TAG, "getAllScreenshots: " + i + listFile[i].getName());
            mScreenshotsFiles.add(listFile[i]);
        }
    }
    return mScreenshotsFiles;
}

Path to screenshots in Android

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