android: crop specific portion of a view

Question

I need to convert a specific view (UI) into an image (eg. jpeg or png)... to achieve this i have thought to crop view through programming. I have come across many good links over here, but all of them deal with Bitmap or photo itself. Please guide me with a clue to achieve this effect. Please find the attached screenshot below.

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Thanks!

Answer 1

Actually I found the answer:

public static Bitmap loadBitmapFromView(View v, int width, int height) {
    Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(width , height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);                
    Canvas c = new Canvas(b);
    v.layout(0, 0, v.getLayoutParams().width, v.getLayoutParams().height);
    v.draw(c);
    return b;
}