[android-developers] Re: Rendering the G1 screen on a computer screen via VNC software?
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:05 AM, j jac...@gmail.com wrote: For the purposes of demo to a large audience, we need to show the G1 screen on a projector. Is there VNC software available? I'm doing a couple of Android presos in March... I'm assuming that I'll have to point a video camera at the device. I'd love to hear that there's a better way. -T --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Rendering the G1 screen on a computer screen via VNC software?
Tim Bray wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:05 AM, j jac...@gmail.com mailto:jac...@gmail.com wrote: For the purposes of demo to a large audience, we need to show the G1 screen on a projector. Is there VNC software available? I'm doing a couple of Android presos in March... I'm assuming that I'll have to point a video camera at the device. I'd love to hear that there's a better way. -T Well, there's some way to get screen grabs off the device that DDMS uses. I don't see an adb command for it, so off the top of my head I'm not sure how it's done. But I think the DDMS source code is in the git repository. In theory, one could use that technique to create a desktop program that automatically refreshes an image of the device. I don't know how much horsepower the screen-capture stuff takes, which would determine how frequently you can refresh the image without slowing the device down too much. It also implies you can connect the device to something with the mini-USB cable, I imagine. It's far from the most elegant solution, but it's something... -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training in Sweden -- http://www.sotrium.com/training.php --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Rendering the G1 screen on a computer screen via VNC software?
Mark Murphy wrote: Well, there's some way to get screen grabs off the device that DDMS uses. I don't see an adb command for it, so off the top of my head I'm not sure how it's done. But I think the DDMS source code is in the git repository. In theory, one could use that technique to create a desktop program that automatically refreshes an image of the device. I don't know how much horsepower the screen-capture stuff takes, which would determine how frequently you can refresh the image without slowing the device down too much. It also implies you can connect the device to something with the mini-USB cable, I imagine. It's far from the most elegant solution, but it's something... I did a pinch more research and am logging some notes here: DDMS's screen shot dialog is cunningly disguised as ScreenShotDialog.java. The easiest way to get to it is by visiting: http://www.google.com/codesearch and searching for: ScreenShotDialog package:android The dialog itself is SWT-dependent, but the guts of the screen-capture logic appears to be more independent, mostly surrounding the Device and RawImage classes. The Swing-based hierarchyviewer also captures screens from the device/emulator, and it leverages the same Device and RawImage classes. Pretty much, once you figure out how to get a proper Device object, you call getScreenshot() and convert the RawImage into a BufferedImage. From there, it's standard Swing/AWT stuff to display it, such as: http://www.java-forums.org/awt-swing/6763-how-display-image.html I haven't hunted around yet to figure out how best to get the proper Device object, but with two reference uses (DDMS and hierarchyviewer), it can't be all that tough. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training in Sweden -- http://www.sotrium.com/training.php --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Rendering the G1 screen on a computer screen via VNC software?
I tossed together an app based on the notes I posted previously on this thread. See: http://groups.google.com/group/cw-android/browse_thread/thread/d2dbcabee6bcba1a or http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_thread/thread/939b320cea3c81d4 -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training in Sweden -- http://www.sotrium.com/training.php --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Rendering the G1 screen on a computer screen via VNC software?
Yow, it works... You da geek! -T On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: I tossed together an app based on the notes I posted previously on this thread. See: http://groups.google.com/group/cw-android/browse_thread/thread/d2dbcabee6bcba1a or http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_thread/thread/939b320cea3c81d4 -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training in Sweden -- http://www.sotrium.com/training.php --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
