How to record your iPhone's screen in iOS 11

| Published: Saturday, February 24, 2018, 16:38 [IST]

Before iOS 11, if you wished to record your iPhone’s screen, you would have had to plug it up to your Mac and use QuickTime Player and then record whatever was going on across your screen.

How to record your iPhone's screen in iOS 11

A lot of unofficial apps like AirShou was also available if you wished to not rely on an external device to record your data, but the installation procedures to be followed was not quite simple.

The official screen recording tool that has been added to iOS 11 is the answer to these problems.

The 'Screen Recording’ tool is equipped to record audio and voiceovers, in addition to videos. Once the recording is complete, you can access the video in your Photos app and trim the video to set a particular time to when the recording started and stopped. The step by step process describing how this is done has been mentioned below:

Step 1: The Screen Recording Shortcut

The control option for the Screen Recording Tool isn't enabled by default, it is available in the Control Center.

Find the Settings app, tap on "Control Center." Tap on "Customize Controls" and then select "Screen Recording", clicking on the "plus" icon next to it will add it to the Control Center.

Step 2: Start Recording Your Screen

After you have added the Screen Recording control tile, the Screen Recording toggle that will be made available on the screen will let you record your screen with a single tap.

Any and all in-app music and sounds will be recorded by default once you start recording. Long-pressing the screen recording toggle or 3D touching it will pop open a control window, you can toggle the audio off or on by tapping on the mic button.

There will be a three-second countdown after you hit the screen record button before the recording will actually start.

The status bar will turn red once the recording starts and revert to normal when the recording stops.

Step 3: Stop Recording Your Screen

To stop the recording, tap on the screen recording toggle or long press or 3D touch on the icon and press "Stop Recording."

You can also make use of the red status bar, which you won't be able to see if you're recording a game as they usually swallow the status bar as well.

Once the recording has been completed, you can access the video by clicking on the notification that pops up there or you can access it through the Photos application.

Step 4: Editing your video

You can edit your video by accessing your Photos App and clicking the Edit button on your video. To trim it, the frame viewer has two black arrows on either side of it, tap and hold on to the arrow and then move them inwards. You can preview your video by tapping the play button.

Click on "Done" followed by "Save as New Clip" once you're satisfied.