Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.graphics.Color; public class Main { public static int getDominantColor(Bitmap bitmap) { if (null == bitmap) return Color.TRANSPARENT; int redBucket = 0; int greenBucket = 0; int blueBucket = 0; int alphaBucket = 0; boolean hasAlpha = bitmap.hasAlpha(); int pixelCount = bitmap.getWidth() * bitmap.getHeight(); int[] pixels = new int[pixelCount]; bitmap.getPixels(pixels, 0, bitmap.getWidth(), 0, 0, bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap.getHeight()); for (int y = 0, h = bitmap.getHeight(); y < h; y++) { for (int x = 0, w = bitmap.getWidth(); x < w; x++) { int color = pixels[x + y * w]; // x + y * barHeight redBucket += (color >> 16) & 0xFF; // Color.red greenBucket += (color >> 8) & 0xFF; // Color.greed blueBucket += (color & 0xFF); // Color.blue if (hasAlpha) alphaBucket += (color >>> 24); // Color.alpha } } return Color.argb((hasAlpha) ? (alphaBucket / pixelCount) : 255, redBucket / pixelCount, greenBucket / pixelCount, blueBucket / pixelCount); } }