Is there a maximum bitmap size when using getDrawingCache?

Question

I\'m trying to create a bitmap of the text in a TextView. In the past I have done this using getDrawingCache. However, now I have a need to create

Answer 1

You can drop the buildDrawingCache method and just use canvas. Since you are building the view programmatically you also need to call measure() and layout() before you can get a bitmap.

The key lines are:

    tvText.measure(View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
            View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED));
    tvText.layout(0, 0, tvText.getMeasuredWidth(), tvText.getMeasuredHeight());
    Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(tvText.getWidth(), tvText.getHeight(),
            Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
    Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
    tvText.draw(canvas);

Here is the full example:

private Bitmap getBitmap(Context context){

    final int NUMBER_OF_LINES = 153;
    final int width = 600;
    final int fontSize = 24;

    // create string with NUMBER_OF_LINES
    StringBuilder testString = new StringBuilder();
    for (int i = 0; i < NUMBER_OF_LINES; i++) {
        testString.append("\n");
    }

    // Create TextView
    TextView tvText = new TextView(context);
    LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    tvText.setTextSize(fontSize);
    tvText.setWidth(width);
    tvText.setLayoutParams(params);
    tvText.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE); // even setting the background color affects crashing or not
    tvText.setText(testString);
    tvText.measure(View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
            View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED));
    tvText.layout(0, 0, tvText.getMeasuredWidth(), tvText.getMeasuredHeight());


    // Create the bitmap from the view
    Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(tvText.getWidth(), tvText.getHeight(),
            Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
    Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
    tvText.draw(canvas);

    return bitmap;
}