convert view into bitmap [duplicate]

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Converting a view to Bitmap without displaying it in Android?

I am trying to convert the view into bitmap from following reference link

link text

Now the problem is how can i get the bitmap that is being converted from view only. in the example author has used relativelayout.dispatchDraw(c) but this line is giving me compile time error i.e.

The method dispatchDraw(Canvas) from the type ViewGroup is not visible

Here is my code and i have written the following code inside onCreate function

    Canvas c=null;

    //Create Layout
    RelativeLayout relativeView ;           
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT
    );

    relativeView = new RelativeLayout(this);            
    relativeView.setLayoutParams(lp);

    //Background of Layout
    Bitmap viewBgrnd  = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.bgblack);
    relativeView.setBackgroundDrawable(new BitmapDrawable(viewBgrnd));

    //associated with canvas 
    Bitmap returnedBitmap =               Bitmap.createBitmap(320,480,Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);     
    c = new Canvas(returnedBitmap);
    Paint paint = new Paint();


    //Create Imageview that holds image             
    ImageView newImage = new ImageView(this);
    Bitmap srcBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.bgpink);
    newImage.setImageBitmap(srcBitmap);

    TextView newText = new  TextView(this);

    newText.setText("This is the text that its going to appear");       

    c.drawBitmap(viewBgrnd, 0, 0, paint);
            relativeView.layout(100, 0, 256, 256);  
    relativeView.addView(newImage);
    relativeView.addView(newText);


        // here i am getting compile time error so for timing i have replaced this line
        // with relativeView.draw(c);

    relativeView.dispatchDraw(c);

Here the returnedBitmap should contain the image of (ImageView and TextView) but this bitmap contains only bacground bitmap of relativeView i.e. bgblack

Answer 1

here is my solution:

public static Bitmap getBitmapFromView(View view) {
    Bitmap returnedBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(view.getWidth(), view.getHeight(),Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
    Canvas canvas = new Canvas(returnedBitmap);
    Drawable bgDrawable =view.getBackground();
    if (bgDrawable!=null) 
        bgDrawable.draw(canvas);
    else 
        canvas.drawColor(Color.WHITE);
    view.draw(canvas);
    return returnedBitmap;
}

Enjoy :)

Answer 2

This works for me:

Bitmap viewCapture = null;

theViewYouWantToCapture.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);

viewCapture = Bitmap.createBitmap(theViewYouWantToCapture.getDrawingCache());

theViewYouWantToCapture.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);

I believe the view has to be visible (ie. getVisiblity() == View.VISIBLE). If you are trying to capture it but hide it to the user at the same time, you could move it off screen or put something over it.