UiAutomatorViewer 根本不捕获屏幕截图

Question

I have come from this answer which suggests the usage of Ui Automator , which requires the tool UiAutomatorViewer to be used.

The tool itself can be found at: <android-sdk>/tools/bin

When I open it I get:

And when I try a screen shot, I get:

How do I deal with this error?

Answer 1

This issue is seen when your device is currently busy with some kind of debug mode from IDE or another screen sharing app like vysor is already active

You can also try to reboot the device and try UiAutomatorViewer again without opening anyother IDE/app

Answer 2

Okay so actually my PC didn't have the read permission for smartphones (office). After getting the permission the tool worked flawlessly.