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package com.vd.androidwidget;

import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.appwidget.AppWidgetManager;
import android.appwidget.AppWidgetProvider;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;

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<receiver
            android:name=".WidgetProvider"
            android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
            </intent-filter>

            <meta-data
                android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
                android:resource="@xml/widget_info" />

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    public Bitmap createBitmapFromView(View v) {
        v.setLayoutParams(new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
                RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
        v.measure(View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
                View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED));
        v.layout(0, 0, v.getMeasuredWidth(), v.getMeasuredHeight());
        Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(v.getMeasuredWidth(),
                v.getMeasuredHeight(),
                Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);

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LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) this.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View inflatedFrame = inflater.inflate(R.layout.my_view, null);
Bitmap bitmap = loadBitmapFromView(inflatedFrame.findViewById(R.id.id_of_parent_layout));

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private void shareImage(Bitmap bitmap){
	// save bitmap to cache directory
	try {
		File cachePath = new File(this.getCacheDir(), "images");
		cachePath.mkdirs(); // don't forget to make the directory
		FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(cachePath + "/image.png"); // overwrites this image every time
		bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, stream);
		stream.close();

	} catch (IOException e) {

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<provider
    android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
    android:authorities="com.vd.viewtobitmap.fileprovider"
    android:grantUriPermissions="true"
    android:exported="false">
    <meta-data
        android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
        android:resource="@xml/filepaths" />
</provider>

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <cache-path name="shared_images" path="images/"/>
</paths>

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package com.example.farooq.firstappwithkotlin

import android.graphics.BitmapFactory
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
import android.widget.LinearLayout

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.example.farooq.firstappwithkotlin.MainActivity">


    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal">


    <android.support.v7.widget.CardView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"