Android Canvas to Bitmap

Question

I have been searching online on how to turn what is on a canvas into a Bitmap. I have attempted multiple ways to do this like saving the drawing cache to a bitmap, but the end result is the background bitmap flashing on for a moment, then turning into a black screen. The test image is displayed over the background, but doesn't get overlaid by the background from the next calling of OnDraw.

MainThreading{

                        ...

              if(notuptodate == true){

                        //call readyBackground to create the background bitmap
                        this.mainPanel.readyBackground(canvas);
                        //post the canvas
                        surfaceHolder.unlockCanvasAndPost(canvas);
                        //clean the Canvas
                        canvas = null;
                        //ready new Canvas
                        canvas = this.surfaceHolder.lockCanvas();//lock the canvas to enable editing






                    }//if not true

                    if (MainThreading.notuptodate == false){

                        mainPanel.onDraw(canvas);


                    }//if false
...
                 }//mainthreading

    //this method is run first to create the Bitmap that on draw will use
    public void readyBackGround(Canvas canvas){


        if (MainThreading.notuptodate){
            //method used to draw multiple Bitmaps onto the canvas
            renderBackground(canvas);

            //private Bitmap, this is the supposed proper size of the bitmap
            backgroundBitmap=Bitmap.createBitmap(240, 320, Config.ARGB_8888);


            //set the canvas to turn whats on its self onto the bitmap.
            canvas.setBitmap(backgroundBitmap);

            //set boolean flag to false so renderBackground won't be called
            //untill it needs to be updated again
            MainThreading.notUpToDate = false;

        }

        //this method is called when notUpToDate = true
         @Override
    protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas){


        if (this.threado.getBackground() != null){
            canvas.drawBitmap(backgroundBitmap, 0, 0, null);

            }

            //this if statement is never activated
            if (this.threado.getBackground() == null){
                Log.d("background nonexistant", "Importante!");
            }
            //draw test object onto background
            test.DrawObject(canvas);

                //when MainThreading.notUpToDate = true isn't commented out, the
                //screen consistantly shows the background, but the test object isn't
                //drawn

        //MainThreading.notUpToDate = true;





        }

Answer 1

Try it this way...

- Create a bitmap of the correct size using Bitmap.createBitmap()

- Create a canvas instance pointing that this bitmap using Canvas(Bitmap) constructor

- Draw to the canvas

- Use the bitmap