MyLinearLayout.getDrawingCache() gives a NullPointerException

Question

edit:

Nevermind, got it working that way

TopRatedPage.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
TopRatedPage.measure(MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED), MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED));
TopRatedPage.layout(0, 0, TopRatedPage.getMeasuredWidth(), TopRatedPage.getMeasuredHeight()); 
TopRatedPage.buildDrawingCache(true);
Bitmap screenshot = Bitmap.createBitmap(TopRatedPage.getDrawingCache());
TopRatedPage.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);

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old:

I'm trying to take a screenshot from a layout, like so.

LinearLayout TopRatedPage = (LinearLayout)inflater.inflate(R.layout.toprated, null);
...
Bitmap screenshot;
TopRatedPage.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
screenshot = Bitmap.createBitmap(TopRatedPage.getDrawingCache()); // Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
TopRatedPage.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);

Any ideas what I have done wrong?

Thanks!

edit: also tried like this, it doesn't throw an error, but given an empty bitmap.

Bitmap screenshot = TopRatedPage.getDrawingCache();

Answer 1

Try this and let me know what happen..

LinearLayout TopRatedPage = (LinearLayout)inflater.inflate(R.layout.toprated, null);
Bitmap screenshot = Bitmap.createBitmap(LinearLayout .getWidth(), LinearLayout .getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas c = new Canvas(screenshot);
LinearLayout.draw(c);
imageView.setImageBitmap(screenshot);

Also if possible, use,

View captureView = null;
captureView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.toprated, null);
Bitmap screenshot = Bitmap.createBitmap(captureView.getWidth(), captureView.getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas c = new Canvas(screenshot);
captureView .draw(c);
imageView.setImageBitmap(screenshot);