Learning Mobile Documentation

Clean Android Emulator and iOS Simulator Screen Capture on Mac

Generate professional emulator and simulator images

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Have ever wanted to a screenshot of your App for documentation or advertisement purpose? How did you do it?

In Mac, a quick way to screenshot your Android Emulator or iOS Simulator is using the command

SHIFT + COMMAND + 4

You have to carefully drag and make sure it fits the edges well as seen below.

The quality of the photo? Looks like below, sharp edges. It loses the round corner. ☹️

No more dragging

There’s another way. No need to drag. The short cut is

SHIFT + COMMAND + 4 + SPACE

Now you just need to click which window you like to capture. It will capture the entire Simulator or Emulator that you pick.