Screenshot Tile [No root]

cuzi

About this app

Adds a button/tile to the quick settings panel to take screenshots.

After install you need to add the button/tile to your quick settings and then grant the permissions to record screen captures and save images to the internal storage.

Features:

✓ Take screenshots from the quick settings
✓ No root required
✓ Notification after a screenshot was taken (can be disabled)
✓ Immediately share, edit or delete a screenshot from the notification
✓ Edit the screenshot with the included image editor
✓ Floating button/Overlay button like a chat bubble (Android 9+)
✓ Use as assist app to take a screenshot (long-press the Home button)
✓ Only take screenshot of a specific area of the screen (long-press the tile)
✓ Delay taking a screenshot
✓ Store in any folder on any storage e.g. sd card
✓ Store in different file formats: png, jpg or webp
✓ Take automatic screenshots with apps like Tasker or MacroDroid
✓ Free, open-source, no advertising

This is a fork of "Screenshot Tile [Root]" but it does not require root.

Source code: github.com/cvzi/ScreenshotTile
Original app: github.com/ipcjs/ScreenshotTile
Open Source license is GNU GPLv3

Note:
🎦 When you take a screenshot, the "Google Cast" icon will appear in the status bar and it will be visible in the screenshot image.
If you want to hide the icon, there is an explanation here: github.com/cvzi/ScreenshotTile#icon

Permissions:

❏ android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE "Photos/Media/Files and Storage"
This is required to save the screenshot files on the internal storage of your device.

❏ android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
Since Android 9/Pie this permission is required to take screenshots. It basically means that this app can run without showing itself. However the app will always show a notification when it is running.

Automatic screenshots:

If you want to automate screenshots from another app, e.g. MacroDroid or Tasker, you can find a step-by-step guide here:
github.com/cvzi/ScreenshotTile#automatic-screenshots-with-broadcast-intents

Hiding the app icon:

In the app settings you can hide the app icon from your launcher. You can still access the app by long pressing the tile in your quick settings. Unfortunately, Android 10 does not allow hiding an app anymore.

🌎 Support and translations

If there is a problem or you want to help translate this app into your language, please contact me on github.com/cvzi/ScreenshotTile/issues, [e-mail] or contribute a translation on https://crowdin.com/project/screenshottile/

This app can access the Accessibility Services API which allows this app to record the screen. Data is neither collected nor shared by this app using the accessibility capabilities.

Privacy Policy:
https://cvzi.github.io/appprivacy.html?appname=Screenshot%20Tile%20[No%20root]

Ratings and reviews

After trying several apps, I finally came across this one. It does exactly as advertised! I have a cheaper phone where the native screenshot is not enabled, this does the trick just fine. On top of that it is not intrusive, always stays on the screen no matter what, and more importantly doesn't have any annoying ads or pop ups. It acts just like a tool!

Install app. Slide notifications shade down. Locate and drag Screenshot "tile" to the top where your "active" tiles are. Then give "accessibility permission" back in the app's configuration settings. Done. Or, you can get into a little more complicated customization. I used "Power Shade" and "One Shade" just to enable a screenshot tile in the notifications, and both of them would chronically quit and revert to the stock shade.

Needed an app to take screenshots without the onscreen flash (which triggers headaches for me) and this app does the trick! Accessibility win! Also the Play Store says it never saves any user data, which makes it safer from a privacy standpoint than 99.9% of apps out there. Screenshots automatically save to the screenshot folder on my phone. 5 stars from me!

What's new

2.11.2
* Fix distorted screenshots in assistant mode in Android 10/11

2.11.0
* Option to hide floating button when quick settings are pulled down

2.10.0
* Show/Hide floating button in selected apps

2.9.0
* Separate floating button position for landscape and portrait orientation
* Option to disable floating button in portrait/landscape orientation or on lockscreen
* Crop function on Android 14 improved