Screenshot is a way to express or share the activity of your screen in a way more effective then it can be described in words. Be more specific and capture the part relevant to you with partial screenshot feature. Latest Android Nougat comes with many new features and taking a partial screenshot is one of them. But that feature is currently hidden in codes. Some developer at Reddit community found a hidden code for taking a partial screenshot on a device running on Android Nougat. Developer already figured out a way to activate the feature on Nougat by changing the code in line 53 of TakeScreenshotService to takeScreenshotPartial(). This feature may be implemented officially on upcoming Android Nougat updates, but the developers already found a way to use Nougat Partial Screenshot Feature on Android Marshmallow.
Every Android device comes with an inbuilt functionality of taking screenshots. And many users use this feature for a long time but they use third party app to crop a particular part of screenshot but now with the help of partial screenshot feature you can quickly capture a particular part of the screen. So if you want to take partial/cropped screenshot without using any third party app on your Marshmallow device then follow our guide to use Nougat Partial Screenshot Feature on Android Marshmallow.
We don’t know when this hidden partial screenshot feature will officially roll out to all Android users but still you can use this feature on Android marshmallow with the help of Xposed and Android N-ify module. Android N-ify is a popular xposed module which already brings many Nougat features to Android Marshmallow.
With rooted Nougat devices you can activate this feature by changing some lines but to activate the partial screenshot feature on Android Marshmallow, you need a rooted device running on Marshmallow, of course, Xposed installer and Android N-ify Module. This is an experimental feature, so you had to enable the experimental setting on the N-ify module but don’t worry we will cover every step to enable it. Follow below step by step guide to use Nougat partial screenshot feature on Android Marshmallow
Requirments –
- Rooted device running on Android Marshmallow
- Xposed Framework installed on your device
- Android N-ify Xposed Module
How to use Nougat partial screenshot feature on Android Marshmallow –
- Download and Installed the Xposed Framework on your device. (If you already have xposed installed then skip this step)
- Download the Android N-ify Xposed Module from above.
- Install and activate the N-ify Module.
- Now open the N-ify app and go to about section by pressing the icon on top right corner.
- Now tap the logo few times to enable module experimental feature.
6. Now go back to the main menu of the app, open, experimental setting and check the box to enable partial screenshot feature.
7. Reboot your device and enjoy.
So this is the step by step guide to Use Nougat Partial Screenshot Feature on Android Marshmallow. If you have any question related to the article comment below.
