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notimp · 11-12-2018, 12:45 PM

In between those replies I have one where I posted a little applescript (its a simplified programming language for apple pcs (macs) thats mostly oriented around general grammar, so its quite easy to understand and pick up - you can just post those lines into a "program" called AppleScript Editor that comes with every mac, and out of it comes a program

) that I use to do it.

But you can use any app in the app store that comes with its own screenshot "engine" - I think "Screenshot touch" was one available in the Play Store I tried for a short time, and that worked.

For me its just easier to use the applescript app currently (it automatically takes the screenshots and then pulls them from the android device to the mac into a specific folder, and renames them with consecutive numbers at the end of the filenames, whenever I run the program (using f.e. spotlight - an apple launcher thing = three button presses) ). The Likebook has to be connected via usb.

The program uses shell scripting (basically terminal navigation (think of it like DOS in the olden days) and not much more), and a command line program called adb, that google provides (and that has to be installed seperatly) to communicate with Android devices over the command line (thats the thing you enable usb debugging on the android device for), as well as a few lines of applescript native code to rename the files once they are on the mac.

The idea to use little highly specific programs like adb and chain them together (use the output of one as the input of another) - is basically what linux is all about (besides the gui), its a very powerful concept - because you can layer in complexity as needed, and basically design your own actions and workflows. Everyone who did grow up on a PC operating system that wasnt Windows - does it..

There are also plattforms out there where people basically solve peoples coding issues for fun, so once you understand a little of the grammar, you can put together your own scripts - entirely out of other peoples code - just fit together...

- simply by googling what you want to do. Applescript is nice for that - because its so similar to every day grammar - but apart from that, its not widely used or highly regarded.

I've found no "native" way to take screenshots on the Likebook Mars without an additional app, or adb. (Because the likebook lacks hardware volume buttons.)

11-12-2018, 12:45 PM	#315
notimp Addict Posts: 248 Karma: 892441 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: K2i	In between those replies I have one where I posted a little applescript (its a simplified programming language for apple pcs (macs) thats mostly oriented around general grammar, so its quite easy to understand and pick up - you can just post those lines into a "program" called AppleScript Editor that comes with every mac, and out of it comes a program ) that I use to do it. But you can use any app in the app store that comes with its own screenshot "engine" - I think "Screenshot touch" was one available in the Play Store I tried for a short time, and that worked. For me its just easier to use the applescript app currently (it automatically takes the screenshots and then pulls them from the android device to the mac into a specific folder, and renames them with consecutive numbers at the end of the filenames, whenever I run the program (using f.e. spotlight - an apple launcher thing = three button presses) ). The Likebook has to be connected via usb. The program uses shell scripting (basically terminal navigation (think of it like DOS in the olden days) and not much more), and a command line program called adb, that google provides (and that has to be installed seperatly) to communicate with Android devices over the command line (thats the thing you enable usb debugging on the android device for), as well as a few lines of applescript native code to rename the files once they are on the mac. The idea to use little highly specific programs like adb and chain them together (use the output of one as the input of another) - is basically what linux is all about (besides the gui), its a very powerful concept - because you can layer in complexity as needed, and basically design your own actions and workflows. Everyone who did grow up on a PC operating system that wasnt Windows - does it.. There are also plattforms out there where people basically solve peoples coding issues for fun, so once you understand a little of the grammar, you can put together your own scripts - entirely out of other peoples code - just fit together... - simply by googling what you want to do. Applescript is nice for that - because its so similar to every day grammar - but apart from that, its not widely used or highly regarded. I've found no "native" way to take screenshots on the Likebook Mars without an additional app, or adb. (Because the likebook lacks hardware volume buttons.) Last edited by notimp; 11-12-2018 at 01:14 PM.