How to screen record in Android KitKat

Screen recording is a great feature to have in your Android device and it has newly been added in Android KitKat 4.4. With the help of screen recording you can capture the video that is going on your android screen. If you have been the user of rooted device then you must have been enjoying this feature for a long time now. It was easily available for people who have rooted their device, but there are people who don’t like to root their device and for them Android 4.4 KitKat has a solution now. The users who don’t like to root their device can also enjoy the screen recording option. With the help of Android Debug Bridge you will be able to use the screen recording in your Android devices. In this process, you have to take the help of some command prompt, but they are simple enough for your use. This option was mostly used by the developers for their work, but now everybody can take advantage of screen recording to record their favorites.

Procedure to go about this

In order to have this screen recording working on your Android device you have to follow in these simple steps:

–          You will have to first download the ADB package and then save it on the desktop so that you can easily locate it

–          Now you will need the .zip file so right click on the folder that you downloaded and saved it on the desktop. You will get various options in the drop down you have to select extract all to extract the .zip file

–          Here download the ABD drivers and install it properly on your personal computer

–          Once you are done with the installing then go to your device settings and from there you will have to go to About Phone

–          In order to operate as a developer, you have to keep tapping numbers unless it pops up the message accepting you as a developer

–          Then hit back and select the option which says developer

–          Now make sure that you have turned on USB Debugging

The platform is all set to start the actual process of screen recording feature

–          You will have to plug in your device with the help of a USB cable and then wait for the installation of the drivers first

–          You have earlier downloaded the ADB folder so now extract the file from it by right clicking on it and selecting extract all

–          Now make sure you press the shift key on the keyboard of your computer and then go ahead and right click on a blank section of the folder that you are in. This will help in opening up the command prompt

–          You have to enter: adb shell screenrecord/sdcard/demo.mp4

–          This will enable the screen recording, but if you want to stop the recording, then just press Control + C on the keyboard

So here you are all set to start screen recording anything you want and for that you don’t have to root your device too.