Converting a Layout view to Image in Android Example

First Add permission for external storage in Manifest.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="org.rajeshvijayakumar.view2imagedemo"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="org.rajeshvijayakumar.view2imagedemo.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

img_view.xml

 <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="#ffffffff" >

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="25dp"
        android:text="Android Jelly Bean 4.3"
        android:textColor="@android:color/holo_green_dark"
        android:textSize="21sp" />

</RelativeLayout>

home.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:text="Convert" />
  
    <include android:id="@+id/f_view"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        layout="@layout/img_view"
        android:layout_above="@id/button1"/>

</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package org.rajeshvijayakumar.view2imagedemo;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.MeasureSpec;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

    private Button mButton;
    private View mView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.home);
        mView = findViewById(R.id.f_view);
        mButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
        mButton.setOnClickListener(this);

        mView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
        mView.measure(MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
                MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED));
        mView.layout(0, 0, mView.getMeasuredWidth(), mView.getMeasuredHeight());
        mView.buildDrawingCache(true);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {

        if (v.getId() == R.id.button1) {
            Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(mView.getDrawingCache());
            mView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
            ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            b.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bytes);

            File f = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + "v2i.jpg");
            try {
                f.createNewFile();
                FileOutputStream fo = new FileOutputStream(f);
                fo.write(bytes.toByteArray());
                fo.close();
            } catch (Exception e) {
            }
            finish();
        }
    }
}

Output :

 

Source Code : Coming Soon to Github..........