How to screenshot or snapshot a view before it's rendered?

Question

I want to create an image of a view before it's rendered as a preview.

I tried Take a screenshot of a whole View but the problem is that it gives a blank bitmap because the view was not rendered at that time.

I also tried drawing cache, but it gives me a blank bitmap as well.

Is there anyway that I can create an image of a view before it's rendered on the screen?

Thanks in advance!

You cant take a screenshot of something which is not rendered on the screen. — Ahmed, Apr 04 '14 at 21:19
Check answer in this post, i found some kind of solution: [Save multiple TextViews as image of large resolution](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36424381/save-multiple-textviews-as-image-of-large-resolution/36455437#36455437) — Wackaloon, Apr 07 '16 at 06:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 30 '14 at 10:22

Every View class support the creating of an image of its current display. The following coding shows an example for that.

# Build the Drawing Cache
view.buildDrawingCache();

# Create Bitmap
Bitmap cache = view.getDrawingCache();

# Save Bitmap
saveBitmap(cache);
view.destroyDrawingCache();

And it is not possible to take a screenshot of a view before it's rendered.

How to screenshot or snapshot a view before it's rendered?

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