How to get Bitmap from View (of a widget) from layout in your Android App? – Android 13 API 33

In this video it shows the steps to convert the view of any widget (or layout) to Bitmap form in your Android App.

This Bitmap is later used to display the image form in an imageView.

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Complete source code and other details:

package com.programmerworld.convertviewtobitmap;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private EditText editText;
    private ImageView imageView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        editText = findViewById(R.id.editText);
        imageView = findViewById(R.id.imageView);
    }

    public void buttonViewToBitmap(View view){

        Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(editText.getWidth(),
                editText.getHeight(),
                Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);

        Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
        editText.draw(canvas);
        imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="112dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="164dp"
        android:onClick="buttonViewToBitmap"
        android:text="View to Bitmap"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText"
        android:layout_width="243dp"
        android:layout_height="84dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="53dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="33dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="textPersonName"
        android:text="Name"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView"
        android:layout_width="231dp"
        android:layout_height="229dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="65dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="39dp"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/button"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_launcher_background" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>