page.title=MonkeyImage
parent.title=monkeyrunner
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<p>
    A monkeyrunner class to hold an image of the device or emulator's screen. The image is
    copied from the screen buffer during a screenshot. This object's methods allow you to
    convert the image into various storage formats, write the image to a file, copy parts of
    the image, and compare this object to other <code>MonkeyImage</code> objects.
</p>
<p>
    You do not need to create new instances of <code>MonkeyImage</code>. Instead, use
<code><a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/MonkeyDevice.html#takeSnapshot">
MonkeyDevice.takeSnapshot()</a></code> to create a new instance from a screenshot. For example, use:
</p>
<pre>
newimage = MonkeyDevice.takeSnapshot()
</pre>
<h2>Summary</h2>
<table id="pubmethods" class="jd-sumtable">
    <tr>
        <th colspan="12" style="background-color: #E2E2E2">Methods</th>
    </tr>
    <tr class="api" >
        <td class="jd-typecol">
            <nobr>
                <em>string</em>
            </nobr>
        </td>
        <td class="jd-linkcol" width="100%">
            <nobr>
                <span class="sympad">
                    <a href="#convertToBytes">convertToBytes</a>
                </span>
                (<em>string</em> format)
            </nobr>
            <div class="jd-descrdiv">
                Converts the current image to a particular format and returns it as a
                <em>string</em> that you can then access as an <em>iterable</em> of binary bytes.
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="api" >
        <td class="jd-typecol">
            <nobr>
                <em>tuple</em>
            </nobr>
        </td>
        <td class="jd-linkcol" width="100%">
            <nobr>
                <span class="sympad">
                    <a href="#getRawPixel">getRawPixel</a>
                </span>
                (<em>integer</em> x,
                <em>integer</em> y)
            </nobr>
            <div class="jd-descrdiv">
                Returns the single pixel at the image location (x,y), as an
                a <em>tuple</em> of <em>integer</em>, in the form (a,r,g,b).
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="api" >
        <td class="jd-typecol">
            <nobr>
                <em>integer</em>
            </nobr>
        </td>
        <td class="jd-linkcol" width="100%">
            <nobr>
                <span class="sympad">
                    <a href="#getRawPixelInt">getRawPixelInt</a>
                </span>
                (<em>integer</em> x,
                 <em>integer</em> y)
            </nobr>
            <div class="jd-descrdiv">
                Returns the single pixel at the image location (x,y), as
                a 32-bit <em>integer</em>.
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="api" >
        <td class="jd-typecol">
            <nobr>
                <code>
                    <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/MonkeyImage.html">MonkeyImage</a>
                </code>
            </nobr>
        </td>
        <td class="jd-linkcol" width="100%">
            <nobr>
                <span class="sympad">
                    <a href="#getSubImage">getSubImage</a>
                </span>
                (<em>tuple</em> rect)
            </nobr>
            <div class="jd-descrdiv">
                Creates a new <code>MonkeyImage</code> object from a rectangular selection of the
                current image.
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="api" >
        <td class="jd-typecol">
            <nobr>
                <em>boolean</em>
            </nobr>
        </td>
        <td class="jd-linkcol" width="100%">
            <nobr>
                <span class="sympad">
                    <a href="#sameAs">sameAs</a>
                </span>
         (<code><a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/MonkeyImage.html">MonkeyImage</a></code>
            other,
            <em>float</em> percent)
            </nobr>
            <div class="jd-descrdiv">
                Compares this <code>MonkeyImage</code> object to another and returns the result of
                the comparison. The <code>percent</code> argument specifies the percentage
                difference that is allowed for the two images to be "equal".
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="api" >
        <td class="jd-typecol">
            <nobr>
                <em>void</em>
            </nobr>
        </td>
        <td class="jd-linkcol" width="100%">
            <nobr>
                <span class="sympad">
                    <a href="#writeToFile">writeToFile</a>
                </span>
                (<em>string</em> path,
                <em>string</em> format)
            </nobr>
            <div class="jd-descrdiv">
                Writes the current image to the file specified by <code>filename</code>, in the
                format specified by <code>format</code>.
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>
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<!-- Public methods -->
<h2>Public Methods</h2>
<A NAME="convertToBytes"></A>
<div class="jd-details api ">
    <h4 class="jd-details-title">
      <span class="normal">
        <em>string</em>
      </span>
      <span class="sympad">convertToBytes</span>
      <span class="normal">
      (
            <em>string</em> format)
      </span>
    </h4>
  <div class="jd-details-descr">

    <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr">
        <p>
            Converts the current image to a particular format and returns it as a <em>string</em>
            that you can then access as an <em>iterable</em> of binary bytes.
        </p>
    </div>
    <div class="jd-tagdata">
      <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Arguments</h5>
      <table class="jd-tagtable">
        <tr>
          <th>format</th>
            <td>
                The desired output format. All of the common raster output formats are supported.
                The default value is "png" (Portable Network Graphics).
            </td>
        </tr>
        </table>
    </div>
</div>
</div>
<A NAME="getRawPixel"></A>
<div class="jd-details api ">
    <h4 class="jd-details-title">
      <span class="normal">
        <em>tuple</em>
      </span>
      <span class="sympad">getRawPixel</span>
      <span class="normal">
        (<em>integer</em> x,
         <em>integer</em> y)
      </span>
    </h4>
  <div class="jd-details-descr">

    <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr">
        <p>
            Returns the single pixel at the image location (x,y), as an
            a <em>tuple</em> of <em>integer</em>, in the form (a,r,g,b).
        </p>
    </div>
    <div class="jd-tagdata">
      <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Arguments</h5>
      <table class="jd-tagtable">
        <tr>
          <th>x</th>
          <td>
            The horizontal position of the pixel, starting with 0 at the left of the screen in the
            orientation it had when the screenshot was taken.
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th>y</th>
          <td>
            The vertical position of the pixel, starting with 0 at the top of the screen in the
            orientation it had when the screenshot was taken.
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div class="jd-tagdata">
      <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Returns</h5>
      <ul class="nolist">
        <li>
            A tuple of integers representing the pixel, in the form (a,r,g,b) where
            a is the alpha channel value, and r, g, and b are the red, green, and blue values,
            respectively.
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<A NAME="getRawPixelInt"></A>
<div class="jd-details api ">
    <h4 class="jd-details-title">
      <span class="normal">
        <em>tuple</em>
      </span>
      <span class="sympad">getRawPixelInt</span>
      <span class="normal">
        (<em>integer</em> x,
         <em>integer</em> y)
      </span>
    </h4>
  <div class="jd-details-descr">

    <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr">
        <p>
            Returns the single pixel at the image location (x,y), as an
            an <em>integer</em>. Use this method to economize on memory.
        </p>
    </div>
    <div class="jd-tagdata">
      <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Arguments</h5>
      <table class="jd-tagtable">
        <tr>
          <th>x</th>
          <td>
            The horizontal position of the pixel, starting with 0 at the left of the screen in the
            orientation it had when the screenshot was taken.
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th>y</th>
          <td>
            The vertical position of the pixel, starting with 0 at the top of the screen in the
            orientation it had when the screenshot was taken.
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div class="jd-tagdata">
      <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Returns</h5>
      <ul class="nolist">
        <li>
            The a,r,g, and b values of the pixel as 8-bit values combined into a 32-bit
            integer, with a as the leftmost 8 bits, r the next rightmost, and so forth.
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<A NAME="getSubImage"></A>
<div class="jd-details api ">
    <h4 class="jd-details-title">
      <span class="normal">
          <code>
              <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/MonkeyImage.html">MonkeyImage</a>
          </code>
      </span>
      <span class="sympad">getSubImage</span>
      <span class="normal">
        (<em>tuple</em> rect)
      </span>
    </h4>
  <div class="jd-details-descr">

    <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr">
        <p>
           Creates a new <code>MonkeyImage</code> object from a rectangular selection of the
           current image.
        </p>
    </div>
    <div class="jd-tagdata">
      <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Arguments</h5>
      <table class="jd-tagtable">
        <tr>
          <th>rect</th>
          <td>
            A tuple (x, y, w, h) specifying the selection. x and y specify the 0-based pixel
            position of the upper left-hand corner of the selection. w specifies the width of the
            region, and h specifies its height, both in units of pixels.
            <p>
                The image's orientation is the same as the screen orientation at the time the
                screenshot was made.
            </p>
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div class="jd-tagdata">
      <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Returns</h5>
      <ul class="nolist">
        <li>
            A new <code>MonkeyImage</code> object containing the selection.
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<A NAME="sameAs"></A>
<div class="jd-details api ">
    <h4 class="jd-details-title">
      <span class="normal">
        <em>boolean</em>
      </span>
      <span class="sympad">sameAs</span>
      <span class="normal">
      (
       <code>
           <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/MonkeyImage.html">MonkeyImage</a>
       </code> otherImage,
       <em>float</em> percent
      )
      </span>
    </h4>
  <div class="jd-details-descr">

    <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr">
        <p>
           Compares this <code>MonkeyImage</code> object to another and returns the result of
           the comparison. The <code>percent</code> argument specifies the percentage
           difference that is allowed for the two images to be "equal".
        </p>
    </div>
    <div class="jd-tagdata">
      <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Arguments</h5>
      <table class="jd-tagtable">
        <tr>
          <th>other</th>
          <td>
            Another <code>MonkeyImage</code> object to compare to this one.
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th>
            percent
          </th>
          <td>
            A float in the range 0.0 to 1.0, inclusive, indicating
            the percentage of pixels that need to be the same for the method to return
            <code>true</code>. The default is 1.0, indicating that all the pixels
            must match.
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div class="jd-tagdata">
      <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Returns</h5>
      <ul class="nolist">
        <li>
            Boolean <code>true</code> if the images match, or boolean <code>false</code> otherwise.
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<A NAME="writeToFile"></A>
<div class="jd-details api ">
    <h4 class="jd-details-title">
      <span class="normal">
        void
      </span>
      <span class="sympad">writeToFile</span>
      <span class="normal">
      (<em>string</em> filename,
       <em>string</em> format)
      </span>
    </h4>
  <div class="jd-details-descr">

    <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr">
        <p>
           Writes the current image to the file specified by <code>filename</code>, in the
           format specified by <code>format</code>.
        </p>
    </div>
    <div class="jd-tagdata">
      <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Arguments</h5>
      <table class="jd-tagtable">
        <tr>
          <th>path</th>
          <td>
            The fully-qualified filename and extension of the output file.
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>
                format
            </th>
            <td>
                The output format to use for the file. If no format is provided, then the
                method tries to guess the format from the filename's extension. If no
                extension is provided and no format is specified, then the default format of
                "png" (Portable Network Graphics) is used.
            </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>