View And Control Your Android Device From Your Computer

There are number of reasons why you would want to view your Android device from your computer and I won't try to enumerate them on this article. My personal reason? I like to get screenshots of my device so I can post it on my future Android topics. Before reading further this article, you should have the following ready: Your Android device, USB cable, Android SDK, and Android Screen Capture software. Once you got hold of all these, install Android SDK and Android Screen Capture software. After you installed these two, you can now proceed to the fun part.


Install or update Android SDK Platform-Tools
1. If you haven't installed the Android SDK, install it now.
2. Once SDK is installed, Open the SDK Manager from Start > Program Files > Android SDK Tools > SDK Manager.
3. Install only the Android SDK Platform-Tools.



Prepare your phone
1. Do not connect your android device yet. Go to Settings > Applications > Development. Check USB debugging.



2. Now connect your android device.

See your Android device in action
1. Open Android Screen Capture app.
2. Viola! your device screen should now appear.



Aside from Android Screen Capture, you can also use a similar Java based app called Android Screencast.

With Android Screen Capture, you can do the following:
- Take screenshots of your device.
- Record or capture your device.
- Install APK on your device.

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