Android Bitmap.createBitmap() returning a bitmap with -1 for height and width

Question

Why would

Bitmap bmp;
bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap( 100, 100, Config.RGB_565 );

Ever return a bitmap with a height and width of -1? I don\'t

Answer 1

Are you in a situation where this is an issue? Or merely curious why they are -1?

Either way it is not a debugger issue, the properties are actually -1. This is just speculation but until the Bitmap is used/drawn the width and height can be -1 because it doesn't matter and is likely an optimization in the implementation.