how to screenshot entire phone screen with status bar in android

Question

I have been trying for a while now to capture a screenshot of the entire phone screen( with android status bar icons)...but am only able to capture my current activity in my app. I will appreciate if someone can help me out with java code for screenshoting the entire screen not just my current activity in my app using a button

Answer 1

pls read this code from the link. It helped me with a similar situation like yours. Screeenshot in android programmatically