Android Code Snippet Capture complete Panel to imageview

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Hi guys

i made a little code with lot of help from LucaMs (Thanks LucaMs :))

Subname: Panel Capture
Description: in this code you can capture a Panel with all his views to a imageview without saving the image and load again
Dependencies: Reflection Lib v2.40
Tags: Panel capture

B4X:
Sub Button1_Click
    'capture panel to imageview
      PanelCapture(Panel1,cardb2)
End Sub

'Capture Panel to imageview
Sub PanelCapture(pnl As Panel, Img2 As ImageView)

Dim Obj1, Obj2 As Reflector
Dim bmp As Bitmap
Dim c As Canvas
Obj1.Target = Obj1.GetActivityBA
Obj1.Target = Obj1.GetField("vg")
bmp.InitializeMutable(pnl.left + pnl.Width, pnl.Top + pnl.Height)
c.Initialize2(bmp)
Dim args(1) As Object
Dim types(1) As String
Obj2.Target = c
Obj2.Target = Obj2.GetField("canvas")
args(0) = Obj2.Target
types(0) = "android.graphics.Canvas"
Obj1.RunMethod4("draw", args, types)

'draw from image to canavas
Dim canvas1 As Canvas
canvas1.Initialize(Img2)
Dim scrt As Rect
scrt.Initialize(pnl.left, pnl.top, pnl.left + pnl.Width, pnl.Top + pnl.Height)
Dim rectPanel1 As Rect
rectPanel1.Initialize(0, 0,Img2.Width, Img2.Height)
canvas1.DrawBitmap(bmp, scrt , rectPanel1)
Img2.Invalidate

End Sub
 
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Beja

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Hi and thanks for sharing this.
Usually people capture the screen shot to use it offline, on the web or in another App, so what's the use for putting a screenshot on a view in the same app that can not be accessed to make use of it?
BTW: could you put the code in a small project, because I couldn't run it in my test project, thanks in advance.
 

ilan

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the use of it is simple

i have a imageview and i have a panel now the change that are happening in the panel i would like to show it in a small preview box (imageview)
with this code i just copy the whole happening in the panel (and not whole screen) to a imageview (small preview)

it can be used i many different ways, think about it :)
 
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ilan

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here is the sample code, IMPORTENT: You need the Reflection Lib v2.40 !!
 

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Beja

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Thank you.. that's cool..
The code snippet is can also be used in different ways.
 

DonManfred

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Could you please edit the first post and add the things described here?

PS: Thanx for sharing it... Will try it later.. Going to cinema now :)
 

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Subname: Panel Capture
Description: in this code you can capture a Panel with all his views to a imageview without saving the image and load again
B4X:
Dependencies: Reflection
Tags: Panel capture

You are missing the last two keywords.

Thank you
 

stevel05

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Hi Ilan, thanks for sharing. Just one point. By running the 'draw' routine on the ViewGroup you are getting a capture of the whole screen. you can run 'draw' directly on a panel (assigned to a javaobject) to get just the panel.

I am just doing this for another project, so here's what I got.

B4X:
'Draw the whole screen
Sub DrawScreen
    Dim PnlJO As JavaObject = ViewGroup
    PnlJO.RunMethod("draw",Array As Object(Cnv))
End Sub
'Draw a Panel
Sub DrawPanel(PnlJO As JavaObject)
    PnlJO.RunMethod("draw",Array As Object(Cnv))
End Sub
'Draw a view i.e. edittext or label
Sub DrawView(ViewJO As JavaObject)
    ViewJO.RunMethod("draw",Array As Object(Cnv))
End Sub
'Get the ViewGroup for the screen
Private Sub ViewGroup As JavaObject
    Dim R As Reflector
    R.Target = R.GetActivityBA
    Return R.GetField("vg")
End Sub
 

Said

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I have problem.

I used this code but getting different result than expected. Here little explanation;

I am using tabhost and panel inside this tabhost (tab 1). My panel size ise 680x898 (real pixel size, checked in windows also)

When i try to capture panel, it captures whole tabhost with same size (680x898). But because tabhost headers, i am getting truncated shot from right and bottom. It captures true size but wrong rectangle.

Am i doing wrong ? Or using tabhost control causes conflict ?

I tried to save image file to SD Card and checked. Result same. Pixel sizes ok, but different rectangle.

Regards,

-Said

ps: I just see steve's note. But because i am new on Basic4A/Java, i dont know how to fix problem.
 
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ilan

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hi said, you need to calculate the position of the panel to the position of tab1

B4X:
Dim scrt As Rect

scrt.Initialize(pnl.left, pnl.top, pnl.left + pnl.Width, pnl.Top + pnl.Height)

if your panel is in position top 10dip and left 10dip then add this like this

scrt.Initialize(pnl.left+10dip, pnl.top+10dip, pnl.left + pnl.Width+10dip, pnl.Top + pnl.Height+10dip)

you need to play a little bit with it if it wont work, try like this see result and if not working try like this

scrt.Initialize(pnl.left+10dip, pnl.top+10dip, pnl.left + pnl.Width , pnl.Top + pnl.Height )


hope it will work for you but what i think you need to do is to calculate the position of the panel incl. the left of the tab because i am using only a panel...
 

Mashiane

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Hi Ilan, thanks for sharing. Just one point. By running the 'draw' routine on the ViewGroup you are getting a capture of the whole screen. you can run 'draw' directly on a panel (assigned to a javaobject) to get just the panel.

I am just doing this for another project, so here's what I got.

B4X:
'Draw the whole screen
Sub DrawScreen
    Dim PnlJO As JavaObject = ViewGroup
    PnlJO.RunMethod("draw",Array As Object(Cnv))
End Sub
'Draw a Panel
Sub DrawPanel(PnlJO As JavaObject)
    PnlJO.RunMethod("draw",Array As Object(Cnv))
End Sub
'Draw a view i.e. edittext or label
Sub DrawView(ViewJO As JavaObject)
    ViewJO.RunMethod("draw",Array As Object(Cnv))
End Sub
'Get the ViewGroup for the screen
Private Sub ViewGroup As JavaObject
    Dim R As Reflector
    R.Target = R.GetActivityBA
    Return R.GetField("vg")
End Sub
This looks interesting, I'd like to draw the contents of a label and save them as an image, can you guide me with your methods here please. Thanks.
 
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