How Can I convert an imageview to byte array in Android Studio?

Question

My goal is to get a picture selected by the user and populate an image view with it. Then, on clicking a button, that image will be sent to a Parse database. I know I have to co

Answer 1

Try converting the image view to a bitmap drawable first then get the byteArray:

ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView);
Bitmap bitmap = ((BitmapDrawable) imageView.getDrawable()).getBitmap();
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, baos);
byte[] imageInByte = baos.toByteArray();
//save your stuff