Android 2.1 View's getDrawingCache() method always returns null

Question

I\'m working with Android 2.1 and have the following problem: Using the method View.getDrawingCache() always returns null. getDrawingCache() should return a Bitmap, which is

Answer 1

had the same problem and finally this partly works for me:

view.layout(0, 0, 1000, 100);
Bitmap b = view.getDrawingCache();
try {
    b.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, 95,
    new FileOutputStream( Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()                                                            + "/folder/name.jpg"));
catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
    Log.e(LOGTAG, "error:" + e.getMessage());
    }

the only problem is, that I can't get the full dimensions of my view. view.getwidth returns null ...