Layout-to-Image

Android Layout (Relative Layout, Linear Layout etc) to Image

Programming language: Java

License: Apache License 2.0

Tags: Tools    

README

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.