Android, Blur Bitmap instantly?

Question

So I\'m trying to blur an image as fast as possible(instant feel like), as the activity needs to be updated as I press the Blur button.

The problem I am having is that,

Answer 1

Gaussian blur is expensive to do accurately. A much faster approximation can be done by just iteratively averaging the pixels. It's still expensive to blur the image a lot but you can redraw between each iteration to at least give instant feedback and a nice animation of the image blurring.

static void blurfast(Bitmap bmp, int radius) {
  int w = bmp.getWidth();
  int h = bmp.getHeight();
  int[] pix = new int[w * h];
  bmp.getPixels(pix, 0, w, 0, 0, w, h);

  for(int r = radius; r >= 1; r /= 2) {
    for(int i = r; i < h - r; i++) {
      for(int j = r; j < w - r; j++) {
        int tl = pix[(i - r) * w + j - r];
        int tr = pix[(i - r) * w + j + r];
        int tc = pix[(i - r) * w + j];
        int bl = pix[(i + r) * w + j - r];
        int br = pix[(i + r) * w + j + r];
        int bc = pix[(i + r) * w + j];
        int cl = pix[i * w + j - r];
        int cr = pix[i * w + j + r];

        pix[(i * w) + j] = 0xFF000000 |
            (((tl & 0xFF) + (tr & 0xFF) + (tc & 0xFF) + (bl & 0xFF) + (br & 0xFF) + (bc & 0xFF) + (cl & 0xFF) + (cr & 0xFF)) >> 3) & 0xFF |
            (((tl & 0xFF00) + (tr & 0xFF00) + (tc & 0xFF00) + (bl & 0xFF00) + (br & 0xFF00) + (bc & 0xFF00) + (cl & 0xFF00) + (cr & 0xFF00)) >> 3) & 0xFF00 |
            (((tl & 0xFF0000) + (tr & 0xFF0000) + (tc & 0xFF0000) + (bl & 0xFF0000) + (br & 0xFF0000) + (bc & 0xFF0000) + (cl & 0xFF0000) + (cr & 0xFF0000)) >> 3) & 0xFF0000;
      }
    }
  }
  bmp.setPixels(pix, 0, w, 0, 0, w, h);
}