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

I am trying to creating the n number of images dynamically based on view.

LayoutInflater infalter=(LayoutInflater)getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
final View addview=infalter.inflate(R.layout.barcode_image_list_row_item, null);
final ImageView imv=(ImageView) addview.findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
final TextView tv=(TextView) addview.findViewById(R.id.textView1);

try {         
    final Bitmap bitmap = encodeAsBitmap(""+value, BarcodeFormat.CODE_128, 600, 300);

    if (bitmap != null) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        imv.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
        tv.setText(value);

        addview.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);

        // this is the important code :)  
        // Without it the view will have a dimension of 0,0 and the bitmap will be null          
        addview.measure(MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED), 
                        MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED));
        addview.layout(0, 0, addview.getMeasuredWidth(), addview.getMeasuredHeight()); 

        addview.buildDrawingCache(true);
        Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(addview.getDrawingCache());
        addview.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false); // clear drawing cache
        // saving the bitmap   
        savebarcode(b,value);
    }
} catch (WriterException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

I think this code will help someone..