Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Copyright (C) 2013 Prasanna Thirumalai This file is part of StackX. StackX is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. StackX is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with StackX. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.lang.ref.SoftReference; import android.content.res.Resources; import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.graphics.BitmapFactory; public class Main { public static SoftReference<Bitmap> getBitmap(Resources resources, int drawable) { Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(resources, drawable); return new SoftReference<Bitmap>(bitmap); } }