Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.RandomAccessFile; import java.nio.MappedByteBuffer; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel.MapMode; import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.graphics.Bitmap.Config; public class Main { public static Bitmap convertToMutable(Bitmap srcBitmap, String cacheDirPath, String tempFileName) { try { // this is the file going to use temporally to save the bytes. // This file will not be a image, it will store the raw image data. int index = tempFileName.lastIndexOf("."); if (index != -1) tempFileName = tempFileName.substring(0, index); File file = new File(cacheDirPath + File.separator + tempFileName + ".tmp"); // Open an RandomAccessFile // Make sure you have added uses-permission // android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" // into AndroidManifest.xml file RandomAccessFile randomAccessFile = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw"); // get the width and height of the source bitmap. int width = srcBitmap.getWidth(); int height = srcBitmap.getHeight(); Config type = srcBitmap.getConfig(); // Copy the byte to the file // Assume source bitmap loaded using options.inPreferredConfig = // Config.ARGB_8888; FileChannel channel = randomAccessFile.getChannel(); MappedByteBuffer map = channel.map(MapMode.READ_WRITE, 0, srcBitmap.getRowBytes() * height); srcBitmap.copyPixelsToBuffer(map); // recycle the source bitmap, this will be no longer used. srcBitmap.recycle(); System.gc();// try to force the bytes from the imgIn to be released // Create a new bitmap to load the bitmap again. Probably the memory // will be available. srcBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, type); map.position(0); // load it back from temporary srcBitmap.copyPixelsFromBuffer(map); // close the temporary file and channel , then delete that also channel.close(); randomAccessFile.close(); // delete the temp file file.delete(); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return srcBitmap; } }