Resize a large bitmap file to scaled output file on Android

Question

I have a large bitmap (say 3888x2592) in a file. Now, I want to resize that bitmap to 800x533 and save it to another file. I normally would scale the bitmap by calling

Answer 1

Acknowledging the other excellent answer so far, the best code I've seen yet for this is in the documentation for the photo taking tool.

See the section entitled "Decode a Scaled Image".

http://developer.android.com/training/camera/photobasics.html

The solution it proposes is a resize then scale solution like the others here, but it's quite neat.

I've copied the code below as a ready-to-go function for convenience.

private void setPic(String imagePath, ImageView destination) {
    int targetW = destination.getWidth();
    int targetH = destination.getHeight();
    // Get the dimensions of the bitmap
    BitmapFactory.Options bmOptions = new BitmapFactory.Options();
    bmOptions.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
    BitmapFactory.decodeFile(imagePath, bmOptions);
    int photoW = bmOptions.outWidth;
    int photoH = bmOptions.outHeight;

    // Determine how much to scale down the image
    int scaleFactor = Math.min(photoW/targetW, photoH/targetH);

    // Decode the image file into a Bitmap sized to fill the View
    bmOptions.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
    bmOptions.inSampleSize = scaleFactor;
    bmOptions.inPurgeable = true;

    Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(imagePath, bmOptions);
    destination.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
}