Why cant i take pictures of what is on my screen

[AC Question]

Samsung galaxy sky phone....can it take picures of what you have on youre sceen at any time? I wanted to take a pic of something on my phone and send it to a friend and i cant figure it out. Is this not a feature on this phone?

 

[hallux]

Usually holding the power and home buttons simultaneously will take a screenshot on Samsung devices. You can then share right off the notification that the screenshot was captured.

It should be noted that some apps won't allow screenshots, banking apps will be a big one that will block that.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! From what I can tell, the Sky is a variant of the J3: How do I take screenshots on my Samsung Galaxy J3?