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UiAutomatorViewer Not capturing screenshot at all

I have come from this answer which suggests the usage of Ui Automator, which requires the tool UiAutomatorViewer to be used.

The tool itself can be found at: <android-sdk>/tools/bin

When I open it I get: enter image description here

And when I try a screen shot, I get:

enter image description here

How do I deal with this error?

Solution

  • Okay so actually my PC didn't have the read permission for smartphones (office). After getting the permission the tool worked flawlessly.