How can I convert a View to a Drawable?

Question

I have a View and I want to convert it into an image in order to store it somewhere. But how can I convert this View to an image?

Answer 1

1. Enable drawing cache on the view:

   view.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
   

2. Create a bitmap from the cache:

   bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(view.getDrawingCache());
   

3. Save the bitmap wherever...

4. Disable drawing cache:

   view.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);