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

Above code made a little cleaner. InputStreams have finally close wrapping to ensure they get closed as well:

*Note
Input: InputStream is, int w, int h
Output: Bitmap

    try
    {

        final int inWidth;
        final int inHeight;

        final File tempFile = new File(temp, System.currentTimeMillis() + is.toString() + ".temp");

        {

            final FileOutputStream tempOut = new FileOutputStream(tempFile);

            StreamUtil.copyTo(is, tempOut);

            tempOut.close();

        }



        {

            final InputStream in = new FileInputStream(tempFile);
            final BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();

            try {

                // decode image size (decode metadata only, not the whole image)
                options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
                BitmapFactory.decodeStream(in, null, options);

            }
            finally {
                in.close();
            }

            // save width and height
            inWidth = options.outWidth;
            inHeight = options.outHeight;

        }

        final Bitmap roughBitmap;

        {

            // decode full image pre-resized
            final InputStream in = new FileInputStream(tempFile);

            try {

                final BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
                // calc rought re-size (this is no exact resize)
                options.inSampleSize = Math.max(inWidth/w, inHeight/h);
                // decode full image
                roughBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(in, null, options);

            }
            finally {
                in.close();
            }

            tempFile.delete();

        }

        float[] values = new float[9];

        {

            // calc exact destination size
            Matrix m = new Matrix();
            RectF inRect = new RectF(0, 0, roughBitmap.getWidth(), roughBitmap.getHeight());
            RectF outRect = new RectF(0, 0, w, h);
            m.setRectToRect(inRect, outRect, Matrix.ScaleToFit.CENTER);
            m.getValues(values);

        }

        // resize bitmap
        final Bitmap resizedBitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(roughBitmap, (int) (roughBitmap.getWidth() * values[0]), (int) (roughBitmap.getHeight() * values[4]), true);

        return resizedBitmap;

    }
    catch (IOException e) {

        logger.error("Error:" , e);
        throw new ResourceException("could not create bitmap");

    }

Answer 2

I don't know if my solution is best practice, but I achieved loading a bitmap with my desired scaling by using the inDensity and inTargetDensity options. inDensity is 0 initially when not loading a drawable resource, so this approach is for loading non resource images.

The variables imageUri, maxImageSideLength and context are parameters of my method. I posted only the method implementation without the wrapping AsyncTask for clarity.

            ContentResolver resolver = context.getContentResolver();
            InputStream is;
            try {
                is = resolver.openInputStream(imageUri);
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Image not found.", e);
                return null;
            }
            Options opts = new Options();
            opts.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
            BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is, null, opts);

            // scale the image
            float maxSideLength = maxImageSideLength;
            float scaleFactor = Math.min(maxSideLength / opts.outWidth, maxSideLength / opts.outHeight);
            // do not upscale!
            if (scaleFactor < 1) {
                opts.inDensity = 10000;
                opts.inTargetDensity = (int) ((float) opts.inDensity * scaleFactor);
            }
            opts.inJustDecodeBounds = false;

            try {
                is.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // ignore
            }
            try {
                is = resolver.openInputStream(imageUri);
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Image not found.", e);
                return null;
            }
            Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is, null, opts);
            try {
                is.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // ignore
            }

            return bitmap;

Answer 3

When i have large bitmaps and i want to decode them resized i use the following

BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
InputStream is = null;
is = new FileInputStream(path_to_file);
BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is,null,options);
is.close();
is = new FileInputStream(path_to_file);
// here w and h are the desired width and height
options.inSampleSize = Math.max(options.outWidth/w, options.outHeight/h);
// bitmap is the resized bitmap
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is,null,options);

Answer 4

This worked for me. The function gets a path to a file on the sd card and returns a Bitmap in the maximum displayable size. The code is from Ofir with some changes like image file on sd instead a Ressource and the witdth and heigth are get from the Display Object.

private Bitmap makeBitmap(String path) {

    try {
        final int IMAGE_MAX_SIZE = 1200000; // 1.2MP
        //resource = getResources();

        // Decode image size
        BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
        BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);

        int scale = 1;
        while ((options.outWidth * options.outHeight) * (1 / Math.pow(scale, 2)) >
                IMAGE_MAX_SIZE) {
            scale++;
        }
        Log.d("TAG", "scale = " + scale + ", orig-width: " + options.outWidth + ", orig-height: " + options.outHeight);

        Bitmap pic = null;
        if (scale > 1) {
            scale--;
            // scale to max possible inSampleSize that still yields an image
            // larger than target
            options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            options.inSampleSize = scale;
            pic = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);

            // resize to desired dimensions

            Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
            Point size = new Point();
            display.getSize(size);
            int width = size.y;
            int height = size.x;

            //int height = imageView.getHeight();
            //int width = imageView.getWidth();
            Log.d("TAG", "1th scale operation dimenions - width: " + width + ", height: " + height);

            double y = Math.sqrt(IMAGE_MAX_SIZE
                    / (((double) width) / height));
            double x = (y / height) * width;

            Bitmap scaledBitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(pic, (int) x, (int) y, true);
            pic.recycle();
            pic = scaledBitmap;

            System.gc();
        } else {
            pic = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path);
        }

        Log.d("TAG", "bitmap size - width: " +pic.getWidth() + ", height: " + pic.getHeight());
        return pic;

    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.e("TAG", e.getMessage(),e);
        return null;
    }

}

Answer 5

Justin answer translated to code (works perfect for me):

private Bitmap getBitmap(String path) {

Uri uri = getImageUri(path);
InputStream in = null;
try {
    final int IMAGE_MAX_SIZE = 1200000; // 1.2MP
    in = mContentResolver.openInputStream(uri);

    // Decode image size
    BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
    options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
    BitmapFactory.decodeStream(in, null, options);
    in.close();



    int scale = 1;
    while ((options.outWidth * options.outHeight) * (1 / Math.pow(scale, 2)) > 
          IMAGE_MAX_SIZE) {
       scale++;
    }
    Log.d(TAG, "scale = " + scale + ", orig-width: " + options.outWidth + ", 
       orig-height: " + options.outHeight);

    Bitmap resultBitmap = null;
    in = mContentResolver.openInputStream(uri);
    if (scale > 1) {
        scale--;
        // scale to max possible inSampleSize that still yields an image
        // larger than target
        options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        options.inSampleSize = scale;
        resultBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(in, null, options);

        // resize to desired dimensions
        int height = resultBitmap.getHeight();
        int width = resultBitmap.getWidth();
        Log.d(TAG, "1th scale operation dimenions - width: " + width + ",
           height: " + height);

        double y = Math.sqrt(IMAGE_MAX_SIZE
                / (((double) width) / height));
        double x = (y / height) * width;

        Bitmap scaledBitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(resultBitmap, (int) x, 
           (int) y, true);
        resultBitmap.recycle();
        resultBitmap = scaledBitmap;

        System.gc();
    } else {
        resultBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(in);
    }
    in.close();

    Log.d(TAG, "bitmap size - width: " +resultBitmap.getWidth() + ", height: " + 
       resultBitmap.getHeight());
    return resultBitmap;
} catch (IOException e) {
    Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage(),e);
    return null;
}

Answer 6

After reading these answers and android documentation here's the code to resize bitmap without loading it into memory:

public Bitmap getResizedBitmap(int targetW, int targetH,  String imagePath) {

    // Get the dimensions of the bitmap
    BitmapFactory.Options bmOptions = new BitmapFactory.Options();
    //inJustDecodeBounds = true <-- will not load the bitmap into memory
    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);
    return(bitmap);
}