Android View.getDrawingCache returns null, only null

Question

Would anyone please try to explain to me why

public void addView(View child) {
  child.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
  child.setWillNotCacheDrawing(false);
          


        

Answer 1

If the view you want catch really shows on screen, but it return null. That means you catch the view before Window manager generate it. Some layouts are very complicated. If layout includes nested layouts, layout_weight..etc, it causes several times relayout to get exactly size. The best solution is waiting until window manager finish job and then get screen shot. Try to put getDrawingCache() in handler.