android bitmap.createbitmap,android - Bitmap.createBitmap returns null - Stack Overflow

If I call the method below in button clicklistener, my code works. But when i try to call this code from onCreate directly or button.performClick()

bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(v1.getDrawingCache());

this line returns null pointer exception.

public void takeScreenShot(){

try{

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddhhmmss");

Date date = new Date();

String d = dateFormat.format(date);

String mPath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/ScreenShot/" + d + ".jpg";

String directory = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/ScreenShot/";

File imageFile2 = new File(directory);

if(!imageFile2.isDirectory()){

imageFile2.mkdirs();

}

File imageFile;

// create bitmap screen capture

Bitmap bitmap;

View v1 = getWindow().getDecorView().getRootView();

v1.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);

bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(v1.getDrawingCache());

v1.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);

OutputStream fout = null;

imageFile = new File(mPath);

try {

fout = new FileOutputStream(imageFile);

bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 90, fout);

fout.flush();

fout.close();

} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {

Log.e("MAYDAY","hata11 " + e.toString());

e.printStackTrace();

} catch (IOException e) {

Log.e("MAYDAY","hata22 " + e.toString());

e.printStackTrace();

}

ContentValues values = new ContentValues();

values.put(Images.Media.TITLE, d + ".jpg");

values.put(Images.Media.DESCRIPTION, d + ".jpg");

values.put(Images.Media.DATE_TAKEN, System.currentTimeMillis ());

values.put(Images.ImageColumns.BUCKET_ID, d + ".jpg");

values.put(Images.ImageColumns.BUCKET_DISPLAY_NAME, d + ".jpg");

values.put("_data", imageFile.getAbsolutePath());

ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();

cr.insert(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, values);

}catch(Exception e){

Log.e("MAYDAY","hata33 " + e.toString());

}

}