Picture.BeginRecording(Int32, Int32) Method

Definition

Namespace:: Android.Graphics

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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To record a picture, call beginRecording() and then draw into the Canvas that is returned.

[Android.Runtime.Register("beginRecording", "(II)Landroid/graphics/Canvas;", "GetBeginRecording_IIHandler")]
public virtual Android.Graphics.Canvas BeginRecording(int width, int height);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("beginRecording", "(II)Landroid/graphics/Canvas;", "GetBeginRecording_IIHandler")>]
abstract member BeginRecording : int * int -> Android.Graphics.Canvas
override this.BeginRecording : int * int -> Android.Graphics.Canvas

Parameters

width: Int32

The recording width supplied to the native picture recorder.

height: Int32

The recording height supplied to the native picture recorder.

Returns

Canvas

A canvas that records commands into this picture until EndRecording() is called.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

To record a picture, call beginRecording() and then draw into the Canvas that is returned. Nothing we appear on screen, but all of the draw commands (e.g. Canvas#drawRect(Rect, Paint)) will be recorded. To stop recording, call endRecording(). After endRecording() the Canvas that was returned must no longer be used, and nothing should be drawn into it.

Java documentation for android.graphics.Picture.beginRecording(int, int).

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Applies to