android converting XML View to Bitmap without showing it

Question

i\'m trying to set a view to my map cluster. i\'m inflating a view from an XML and setting the Text according to cluster size and i want to show that view. in the following

Answer 1

Your cluster.getLayoutParams() is probably null. First, you need to measure the width/height of your inflated view and then assign to it. Do it as below:

private Bitmap createClusterBitmap(int clusterSize) {
    View cluster = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.map_cluster,
            null);

    TextView clusterSizeText = (TextView) cluster.findViewById(R.id.map_cluster_text);
    clusterSizeText.setText(String.valueOf(clusterSize));

    cluster.measure(MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
            MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED));
    cluster.layout(0, 0, cluster.getMeasuredWidth(),cluster.getMeasuredHeight());

    final Bitmap clusterBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(cluster.getMeasuredWidth(),
            cluster.getMeasuredHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);

    Canvas canvas = new Canvas(clusterBitmap);
    cluster.draw(canvas);

    return clusterBitmap;
}