Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.graphics.BitmapFactory; public class Main { public static Bitmap readBitmap(String path) { BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options(); options.inJustDecodeBounds = true; BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options); if (options.mCancel || options.outWidth == -1 || options.outHeight == -1) { return null; } options.inSampleSize = computeSampleSize(options, 600, (int) (0.5 * 1024 * 1024)); options.inJustDecodeBounds = false; options.inDither = false; options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888; Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options); return bitmap; } public static int computeSampleSize(BitmapFactory.Options options, int minSideLength, int maxNumOfPixels) { int initialSize = computeInitialSampleSize(options, minSideLength, maxNumOfPixels); int roundedSize; if (initialSize <= 8) { roundedSize = 1; while (roundedSize < initialSize) { roundedSize <<= 1; } } else { roundedSize = (initialSize + 7) / 8 * 8; } return roundedSize; } private static int computeInitialSampleSize(BitmapFactory.Options options, int minSideLength, int maxNumOfPixels) { double w = options.outWidth; double h = options.outHeight; int lowerBound = (maxNumOfPixels == -1) ? 1 : (int) Math.ceil(Math.sqrt(w * h / maxNumOfPixels)); int upperBound = (minSideLength == -1) ? 128 : (int) Math.min(Math.floor(w / minSideLength), Math.floor(h / minSideLength)); if (upperBound < lowerBound) { // return the larger one when there is no overlapping zone. return lowerBound; } if ((maxNumOfPixels == -1) && (minSideLength == -1)) { return 1; } else if (minSideLength == -1) { return lowerBound; } else { return upperBound; } } }