Convert view into bitmap with modification

Question

Requirement : User should be able to share the layout(which has image and text) as image.

Solution which i tried:

   Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(myView.getWidth(), myView.getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
   Canvas c = new Canvas(b);
   myView.draw(c);

This is working as expected. But I have few issues.

Issues : I have few buttons and text which i don't want to convert as image. Also,I want to add my App logo as a watermark on the Bitmap image.

My solution for the above issue :

• Before converting to Bitmap Image, Change visibility state of Button and Logo Image
• Create one more layout behind the actual layout in a sharable image format. Use this layout to get Bitmap Image (not cool efficient, But easy way)

My question: The above solutions are valid? Or Is there any other method to do in an efficient way?

PS: I am not looking for code. :)

Answer 1

Issue 1: yes, you have to change visibility of those views you don't want them to be converted into image(the easiest way).

Issue 2: for adding a watermark, you can just draw it on canvas(you can use canvas.drawBitmap to do it) instead of putting it in the layout.