A screenshot is a static version of your app that allows you to analyze how users are interacting with content on a specific screen.
Inside one zoning, you can analyze several screenshots. This makes it possible to analyze different versions of one screen, for example, before and after a screen revamp or with a menu opened and closed.
How is the screenshot rendered in Contentsquare?
When you take a screenshot, our SDKs will parse the rendered UI of the screen (even some elements not visible on the screen in that moment), and build a tree of all the UI elements, attaching visual properties to each of them (position, width and height, background color, image of the content…).
With this tree, the Zoning module can render the screenshotted screen, allowing you to analyze the different content on the screen via zones.
Device light mode and dark mode
screenshots captured from your app will reflect your end-user's device configuration of their light or dark mode theme settings. However, note this is not the case for screenshots captured from WebViews or Long screenshots on Android - these will instead reflect your own device's light or dark mode configuration (where you are viewing the screenshot from).
Multiple windows open on a single screen
In cases where there are multiple windows open on a single screen (for example, one on top of the other), the screenshot captured will reflect the active window (the foremost window). The windows behind will not be displayed in the screenshot.
How to capture a screenshot
You capture a screenshot of your app using your mobile device:
- Click the phone icon next to your project name and scan the QR code that generates to access your app.
- Tap the option ‘Tap to take a screenshot’
- Your screenshot will automatically save to your Contentsquare Screenshots library.
How to capture the entire screen
Note
Horizontal and infinite Scrolling screens are not supported. For Android, 4.31.0 SDK version is required.
If you want to capture your entire screen in a screenshot, you can do using your mobile device and what's known as a Long screenshot:
- Scroll down the screen content until you reach the desired end of your screenshot/zone.
- Tap the screenshot button to begin your capture. If you are using the screenshot capture for the first time, a pop-up appears explaining how to complete the capture. Click ‘Got it!’ to close the pop-up and tap the screenshot button again.
- A panel will be displaying the screenshot's sending progress to the screenshot library (it can take a little longer if a lot of elements were captured).
- Once complete, you will see the screen below and your capture will be added to the screenshot library. You can now use it to create a zoning!
How to use the right screenshot
Depending on the analysis context you set (device, date range, segment), screenshots can be less relevant if your app has since been updated, and this can impact your Zoning Analysis results.
To get the most accurate results for your analysis, it’s recommended that you select screenshots that have the most sessions available. Contentsquare uses your analysis context to automatically detect if an app version with more sessions is available.
- Click the screenshot icon to open the gallery of screenshots available for your Zoning.
- The view of those screenshots includes:
- The app version at the time of the screenshot,
- The date of the screenshot,
- And the location of the screen (home, products, account, etc.)
- From this view, you can change your screenshot – for any other one in the list, or capture a new one by clicking on 'Add new screenshot' button.
How to use an existing screenshot from your screenshot library
You can access your existing screenshots from the dedicated drop-down menu in your Zoning, but you can also add an existing one from your screenshot library.
To access it, simply click on the image icon in your zoning (as shown above) and click on 'Add new screenshot'.
You will be redirected to your Screenshot selector:
In your screenshot library, hover over the 'i' icon that displays the percentage of sessions for more information. You can also filter your screenshots by using the 'Filter by App version' dropdown and selecting one of the app versions listed.
How to delete a screenshot
- When analyzing a screenshot in Zoning Analysis, click the screenshot icon to open the gallery of screenshots available,
- Scroll to the screenshot you want to delete and click the 'Delete' icon.
- Your screenshot will be permanently deleted once you click on 'Delete screenshot' in the opening pop-up.
Note
If the screenshot is used within any other zonings, this will be indicated on your screen. Deleting a screenshot from your current Zoning will also delete it from any other zonings where it's used.