Draw in bitmap using canvas doesn't work in android view

Question

I'm trying to use onDraw method and canvas to draw some items in a bitmap and cache it to draw it again and don't call onDraw again

This is part of my code :

@Override protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) { super.onDraw(canvas); if (mCacheDrawing == null) { mCacheDrawing = Bitmap.createBitmap(mScrollWidth, mScrollHeight, Config.RGB_565); canvas.setBitmap(mCacheDrawing); for (int i = 0; i < mIcons.size(); i++) { prepareItem(canvas, paint, mIcons.get(i)); } canvas.save(); } else { canvas.setBitmap(mCacheDrawing); } }

The code is not working and show me an empty screen, can any one help me please?

EDIT : I have found the following post and it help me to solve the problem >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-beginners/6pO8SJN3CTY

and my working code now is following :

@Override protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) { super.onDraw(canvas); if (mCacheDrawing == null) { mCacheDrawing = Bitmap.createBitmap(mScrollWidth, mScrollHeight, Config.RGB_565); mCanvas = new Canvas(mCacheDrawing); for (int i = 0; i < mIcons.size(); i++) { prepareItem(mCanvas, paint, mIcons.get(i)); } } canvas.drawBitmap(mCacheDrawing,new Rect (0,0, mScrollWidth, mScrollHeight), new Rect (0,0, mScrollWidth, mScrollHeight), paint); }

I found this post and it solve my problem and start drawing groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-beginners/6pO8SJN3CTY I will update the post with the working code, and Thanks for your reply — Amira Elsayed Ismail
– Amira Elsayed Ismail, Commented Dec 22, 2013 at 16:05

Techfist · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-18 10:11:58Z

Well i can't figure out functionality of your code as its a snippet from a section, But what I can figures out is the reason. quick check

If you trying to draw bitmaps from a view, make sure drawing cache is enabled/
canvas.drawBitmap , this is the API for drawing a Bitmap over a canvas and not setBitmap

you can use save and restore method of canvas accordingly.

I found this post and it solve my problem and start drawing groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-beginners/6pO8SJN3CTY I will update the post with the working code, and Thanks for your reply

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