diff --git a/android/plugins/litho/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/litho/LithoDescriptors.kt b/android/plugins/litho/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/litho/LithoDescriptors.kt
index 5bff01a95..7776fbada 100644
--- a/android/plugins/litho/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/litho/LithoDescriptors.kt
+++ b/android/plugins/litho/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/litho/LithoDescriptors.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 package com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.litho
 
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.common.InspectableObject
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.descriptors.BaseTags
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.descriptors.DescriptorRegister
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ object LithoViewDescriptor : NodeDescriptor<LithoView> {
   override fun getBounds(node: LithoView): Bounds? = null
 
   override fun getTags(node: LithoView): Set<String> = setOf()
+
+  override fun getSnapshot(node: LithoView, bitmap: Bitmap?): Bitmap? = null
 }
 
 const val LithoTag = "Litho"
@@ -67,9 +70,13 @@ object MountedObjectDescriptor : NodeDescriptor<MountedObject> {
       node.descriptor.getData(node.obj)
 
   override fun getTags(node: MountedObject): Set<String> = node.descriptor.getTags(node.obj)
+
+  override fun getSnapshot(node: MountedObject, bitmap: Bitmap?): Bitmap? =
+      node.descriptor.getSnapshot(node.obj, bitmap)
 }
 
-class DebugComponentDescriptor(val register: DescriptorRegister) : NodeDescriptor<DebugComponent> {
+class DebugComponentDescriptor(private val register: DescriptorRegister) :
+    NodeDescriptor<DebugComponent> {
 
   override fun getName(node: DebugComponent): String {
     return node.component.simpleName
@@ -100,10 +107,13 @@ class DebugComponentDescriptor(val register: DescriptorRegister) : NodeDescripto
   override fun getActiveChild(node: DebugComponent): Any? = null
 
   override fun getData(node: DebugComponent) = mapOf<String, InspectableObject>()
+
   override fun getBounds(node: DebugComponent): Bounds {
     val bounds = node.bounds
     return Bounds(bounds.left, bounds.top, bounds.width(), bounds.height())
   }
 
   override fun getTags(node: DebugComponent): Set<String> = setOf(BaseTags.Declarative, LithoTag)
+
+  override fun getSnapshot(node: DebugComponent, bitmap: Bitmap?): Bitmap? = null
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ChainedDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ChainedDescriptor.kt
index b3a96e039..ffdf7163d 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ChainedDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ChainedDescriptor.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 package com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.descriptors
 
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.common.InspectableObject
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.Bounds
 
@@ -101,4 +102,13 @@ abstract class ChainedDescriptor<T> : NodeDescriptor<T> {
    * own section
    */
   open fun onGetData(node: T, attributeSections: MutableMap<SectionName, InspectableObject>) {}
+
+  /** Get a snapshot of the node. */
+  final override fun getSnapshot(node: T, bitmap: Bitmap?): Bitmap? {
+    return onGetSnapshot(node, bitmap)
+  }
+
+  open fun onGetSnapshot(node: T, bitmap: Bitmap?): Bitmap? {
+    return null
+  }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/NodeDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/NodeDescriptor.kt
index 24fedb17b..182094ddc 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/NodeDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/NodeDescriptor.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 package com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.descriptors
 
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.common.InspectableObject
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.Bounds
 
@@ -42,6 +43,13 @@ interface NodeDescriptor<T> {
   /** The children this node exposes in the inspector. */
   fun getChildren(node: T): List<Any>
 
+  /**
+   * Get a snapshot of the node. Bitmaps are not cheap to create, so accept one as an optional
+   * parameter. If a bitmap is provided, it will be used by the canvas to draw on it. Otherwise, a
+   * bitmap will be created.
+   */
+  fun getSnapshot(node: T, bitmap: Bitmap?): Bitmap?
+
   /**
    * If you have overlapping children this indicates which child is active / on top, we will only
    * listen to / traverse this child. If return null we assume all children are 'active'
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.kt
index 48c1d756b..7e9c0a0f3 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 package com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.descriptors
 
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.common.InspectableObject
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.Bounds
 
@@ -23,5 +24,8 @@ object ObjectDescriptor : NodeDescriptor<Any> {
   override fun getData(node: Any) = mutableMapOf<SectionName, InspectableObject>()
 
   override fun getBounds(node: Any): Bounds? = null
+
   override fun getTags(node: Any): Set<String> = setOf(BaseTags.Unknown)
+
+  override fun getSnapshot(node: Any, bitmap: Bitmap?): Bitmap? = null
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewDescriptor.kt
index 3cc151f4b..7259c4685 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewDescriptor.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 package com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.descriptors
 
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
+import android.graphics.Canvas
 import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable
 import android.os.Build
@@ -105,6 +107,26 @@ object ViewDescriptor : ChainedDescriptor<View>() {
     attributeSections["View"] = InspectableObject(props.toMap())
   }
 
+  override fun onGetSnapshot(node: View, bitmap: Bitmap?): Bitmap? {
+    var workingBitmap = bitmap
+
+    try {
+      if (workingBitmap == null) {
+        val viewWidth: Int = node.width
+        val viewHeight: Int = node.height
+
+        workingBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(viewWidth, viewHeight, Bitmap.Config.RGB_565)
+      }
+
+      workingBitmap?.let { b ->
+        val canvas = Canvas(b)
+        node.draw(canvas)
+      }
+    } catch (e: OutOfMemoryError) {}
+
+    return workingBitmap
+  }
+
   private fun fromDrawable(d: Drawable?): Inspectable? {
     return if (d is ColorDrawable) {
       InspectableValue.Color(d.color, mutable = false)