Get a bitmap of any view.md

Get a Bitmap of any View.

Problem

How to get a bitmap of any view

Environment

N/A

How you fix it

You can use that to create an entire pdf page from a layout that turned into documentation and tutorials

Solution

you can get a bitmap of any view by using this function

fun getBitmapFromView(view: View):Bitmap{
    val bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(
        view.width,
        view.height,
        Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888
    )

    val canvas = Canvas(bitmap)

    view.layout(
        view.left,
        view.top,
        view.right,
        view.bottom,
    )

    view.draw(canvas)

    return bitmap
}