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


Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-android