Android how to scale an image with BitmapFactory Options

Question

I want to decode an image from the SD card with BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options).
I also want images that are larger than 2048x2048 pixels to be scaled down to at

Answer 1

Use BitmapFactory.Options.inSampleSize when you first load your image to get the size as close as possible to your target size, then use Bitmap.createScaledBitmap to scale to the exact size you want.

There's some code for this in this answer.