canvas screenshooting does not work on mobile devices

Ashley, canvas screenshooting doesn't work on mobile devices.Please answer all of us once and for all, this is one of the most searched construct 2 bug.

Last I checked, it worked. Please file a bug report following all the guidelines otherwise there is nothing we can do to help.

Ashley, does it work on C2, C3 or both?

People on the forum are saying it doesnt in C2

scirra.com/forum/plugin-canvas2imageplugin_t116018

scirra.com/forum/plugin-c2i-canvas-base64-screenshot-to-image_t68493

scirra.com/forum/how-do-i-save-screenshot-on-mobile-device_t198003

scirra.com/forum/how-do-i-save-canvas-screenshot-into-mobile-device_t185964

scirra.com/forum/how-do-i-download-the-canvas-or-image-on-mobile_t199394

Im sure all of you know it doesn't work in C2

gibbon

Congrats2u

johnkx

delgado

msa3sa3

alemar

Jeetu

Michaelb

C2isthetruth Hey there!

In my case it worked. But it was a hard trip to bring it to work, but after you find the right tools it isnt that difficould.

You have to take the screenshot as described in the screenshot documentation.

https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/1457/s ... oid/page-4

To get the screenshot onto the mobile phone i used the cordova social sharing plugin, which opens the mobile device social sharing menu (there you can also download the file onto the local storage on your device or send it via installed social media apps):

https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/Socia ... Gap-Plugin

And called the following code:

https://imgur.com/a/V3tEe

After that function you have to Call Execute javascript "stop()" from the browser plugin in the next line too. Thats it - it worked just perfect on both IOS and Android.

Hope i could help a little bit.

Im sure all of you know it doesn't work in C2

gibbon

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Just to add, my issue was regarding screenshots when using safari on iOS. I have manged to get it to work but what doesn't seem to work is the "invoke download" of the screenshot.

Thanks

Andy

The canvas screenshots do work on mobile. There aren't many options on what you can do with the screenshot once it's taken at the moment, but that doesn't mean it's not working.

Congrats2u My game already has the social sharing plugin from Eddy Verbruggen so your instructions are very clear to me...the only problem is the image you posted to imgur is not clear especially after zooming in.

Is the code? :

"window.plugins.socialsharing.share('This is the message.',' Topic ','" & CanvasSnapshot & ", null)"

Sorry for responding late

Congrats2u My game already has the social sharing plugin from Eddy Verbruggen so your instructions are very clear to me...the only problem is the image you posted to imgur is not clear especially after zooming in.

Is the code? :

"window.plugins.socialsharing.share('This is the message.',' Topic ','" & CanvasSnapshot & ", null)"

C2isthetruth

sorry i worked on another project, so i wasnt online in the construct forum a while. It depends on the informations you want to open with the socialsharing tool - in this case i needed the informations to share the screenshot with the email on mobile.

The benefit on the social sharing tool is, that your mobile device will open all possible sharing tools - also the download local method (in my case it worked on both IOS and Android).

Did you followed the guide to bring the canvas snapshot to work? Note: I worked with phonegap, where you have to make a reference for the socialsharing plugin in your config.xml file too.

my case:

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-media" source="npm" />

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-file" />

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-http" />

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-inappbrowser" source="npm" />

<plugin name="ionic-plugin-keyboard" source="npm" version="2.2.1" />

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" source="npm" />

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-splashscreen" source="npm" />

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-x-socialsharing" source="npm" />

Note:

"window.plugins.socialsharing.share('This is the message.',' Topic ','" & CanvasSnapshot & "', null)"

you forgot a ' behind the ... & CanvasSnapshot & " (here), ...

Congrats2u

Oh my God.Thank you, man.I will keep you posted.

Congrats2u phonegap build always gave me an error when building with the "cordova-http" plugin included but when I excluded it it would build with no issues. After that when testing the game and using the canvas screenshot function it would only work by sharing to other apps (this is already good enough for a lot including me) and it works fast too.I guess the function of the the "cordova-plugin-http" plugin was for making it possible for the user to save directly to their photo library and I didnt include it because it was giving me an error when trying to build.Is there any way of getting it to build and work?

N.B I have searched tried 1. Using cli 6.4.0 in the config.xml (as adviced by helpers in the adobe forum)

2.Using the latest cli in the config.xml

3.Using "cordova-plugin-advanced-http"