diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/pokeranalytics/android/ui/extensions/UIExtensions.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/pokeranalytics/android/ui/extensions/UIExtensions.kt
index d59709fd..897bfc97 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/pokeranalytics/android/ui/extensions/UIExtensions.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/pokeranalytics/android/ui/extensions/UIExtensions.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException
 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.content.res.Resources
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
+import android.graphics.Canvas
+import android.graphics.Color
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.util.TypedValue
 import android.view.View
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ import net.pokeranalytics.android.util.DeviceUtils
 import net.pokeranalytics.android.util.TextFormat
 import net.pokeranalytics.android.util.URL
 import net.pokeranalytics.android.util.billing.AppGuard
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 import java.io.File
 
 
@@ -171,4 +175,23 @@ fun SearchView.removeMargins() {
 	layoutParams?.leftMargin = 0
 	layoutParams?.rightMargin = 0
 	searchEditFrame?.layoutParams = layoutParams
+}
+
+fun View.toByteArray() : ByteArray {
+
+	val bitmap = this.convertToBitmap()
+	val stream = ByteArrayOutputStream()
+	bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, stream)
+	return stream.toByteArray()
+}
+
+fun View.convertToBitmap(): Bitmap {
+	val measureSpec = View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED)
+	measure(measureSpec, measureSpec)
+	layout(0, 0, measuredWidth, measuredHeight)
+	val r = Bitmap.createBitmap(measuredWidth, measuredHeight, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888)
+	r.eraseColor(Color.TRANSPARENT)
+	val canvas = Canvas(r)
+	draw(canvas)
+	return r
 }
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