Android View.getDrawingCache returns null, only null

Question

Would anyone please try to explain to me why

public void addView(View child) {
  child.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
  child.setWillNotCacheDrawing(false);
          


        

Answer 1

if getDrawingCache is always returning null guys: use this:

public static Bitmap loadBitmapFromView(View v) {
     Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap( v.getLayoutParams().width, v.getLayoutParams().height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);                
     Canvas c = new Canvas(b);
     v.layout(0, 0, v.getLayoutParams().width, v.getLayoutParams().height);
     v.draw(c);
     return b;
}

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6272951/371749