How to delay screen capture for iOS

I'm trying to capture onboarding screens for my iOS app.


I'd like to grab the screen while I'm doing thinks like pressing a button, but I'm not finding any way to do that.


I've tried:


  1. Contorting my fingers to press an app button on the screen while pressing the home and on buttons. Result, no screenshot taken.
  2. Trying to capture an image of the iOS simulator on the Mac using timed screen capture Grab. But when I start the timed capture the simulator no longer responds to the mouse. I've also got Snapz Pro, but it doesn't seem to provide timed capture.
  3. Trying to start a movie recording of the iPad and capturing again with Grab while playing the recording. If I try to capture the window, when I click on it QuickTime player shows the player controls which ruins the capture. The same thing if I try to capture a selection.

The only thing I've found which kind of works is to play the quicktime movie, pause it, then use grab to do a full screen capture clicking outside of the QuickTime player window, and then crop the result in PhotoShop. But this is a pain.


Is there an easier way to accomplish this?

Sorry, disregard that. I just had the opportunity to try it and it won't work.

However, I've just tested this in 10.10.3 using the QuickTime method you mention, and the following does work to take a screenshot without the controls:


  1. Move your mouse cursor out of the quicktime window. (The media controls disappear.)
  2. Press ⌘+⇧+4 then space
  3. Move your mouse cursor back into the quicktime window. (The media controls stay hidden)
  4. Click your mouse to take a picture.
How to delay screen capture for iOS
 
 
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