Layout-to-Image

Android Layout Xml File Containing any Parent Layout (Relative Layout, Linear Layout etc) to Image

Screenshot of Sample Application

Quick Setup

1. Include library

Automatically with Gradle

dependencies {

  compile 'com.github.vipulasri.layouttoimage:library:1.0.0' 
}

Manual:

Manual - Using Android Studio:

• Download the library folder and import to your root application folder. You can manually achieve this step with 3 steps:
  1. Paste the folder library into your application at the same level of your app, build and gradle folder
  2. Add to your settings.gradle file the following code line: "include ':app', ':library'"
  3. Rebuild the project
• File → Project Structure → in Modules section click on "app" → Click on tab "Dependecies" → Click on the green plus → Module Dependecy → Select ":library"
• Done

2. Usage

 Layout_to_Image layout_to_image;  //Create Object of Layout_to_Image Class

RelativeLayout relativeLayout;
//Define Any Layout

Bitmap bitmap;

//Bitmap for holding Image of layout

 //provide layout with its id in Xml

 relativeLayout=(RelativeLayout)findViewById(R.id.container);

//initialise layout_to_image object with its parent class and pass parameters as (<Current Activity>,<layout object>)
 

 layout_to_image=new Layout_to_Image(MainActivity.this,relativeLayout);

 //now call the main working function ;) and hold the returned image in bitmap

 bitmap=layout_to_image.convert_layout();
 

License

The MIT License (MIT)  Copyright (c) 2015 Vipul Asri  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.