H.O.A. 24: Screenshots and Screen Recordings - What To Do When Android Won't Let You

Update: 2020-07-30

Description

Developers have many reasons for preventing Android users from taking screenshots or screen recordings of in-app content. Usually its for security but sometimes its to protect copyrighted material. Jason Howell walks through some examples of how this is enforced, and a few ways to work around those limitations.

What kinds of apps prevent screenshots.

Why they do that!

Screenshot shortcut on most devices.

Assistant's Screen Context feature.

What is Digital Right Management?

The open-source app scrcpy.

Using a computer to take a screenshot in an app that prevents it.

The analog hole.

scrcpy - github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

Homebrew for Mac - https://brew.sh

Host: Jason Howell

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H.O.A. 24: Screenshots and Screen Recordings - What To Do When Android Won't Let You

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