Just checking, have you thought about drawing the view into a Bitmap?
Cheers,
James
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:29 PM, srajpal <sraj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> but i get the same error if i just pick a potion of the screen
>
> screenshot = Bitmap.createBitmap(mView.getDrawingCache(),
> 100,100,100,100);
>
>
> or try to pass it exact size
>
> screenshot = Bitmap.createBitmap(mView.getDrawingCache(),
> mView.getLeft(), mView.getTop(),
> mView.getMeasuredWidth(), mView.getMeasuredHeight());
>
>
> any suggestions?
>
>
>
> On Jan 14, 1:25 am, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote:
>> Yes, you are creating a drawing cache that the system has decided is
>> too large. In such a situation, the returned drawing cache is null.
>> You have to account for this.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 5:34 PM, srajpal <sraj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I am having an issue when trying to save a screen shot of a view to a
>> > file.
>>
>> > I am using the following code to save the bitmap
>>
>> > Java:
>>
>> > Bitmap screenshot;
>>
>> > mView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
>> > screenshot = Bitmap.createBitmap(mView.getDrawingCache());
>> > mView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
>>
>> > try {
>> > FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("/sdcard/
>> > test.png");
>> > screenshot.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, fos);
>> > fos.close();
>> > } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
>> > Log.d("FileNotFoundException: " + e.getMessage());
>> > } catch (IOException e) {
>> > Log.d("IOException: " + e.getMessage());
>> > }
>>
>> > it works fine unless i put the following in my onCreate() to make sure
>> > I am in full screen mode
>>
>> > Java:
>>
>> > getWindow().setFlags
>> > (WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
>>
>> > when that code is in there I get a NullPointerException at createBitmap
>> > ()
>> > does anybody know why this would be happening?
>> > _________________
>> > --
>> > Sunny
>>
>> --
>> Romain Guy
>> Android framework engineer
>> romain...@android.com
>>
>> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time
>> to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on
>> public forums, where I and others can see and answer them
> >
>
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