convert view into bitmap [duplicate] - android

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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

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 :)

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.

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But you can try, anyway... Create the bitmap descriptor that way and put inside the icon:
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Android is not creating bitmap image from view

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I'm not sure but I used this boilerplate code for creating bitmaps from my screen - in other words the code below will actually take a screenshot of your phone:
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v.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
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If you only want to take a bitmap of a specific view, like a TextView or ImageView, you can just do this:
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java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity
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this.measure(MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(createNewRelativeLayoutParams().width, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
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}
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