Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * The MIT License Copyright (c) 2014 Krayushkin Konstantin (jangokvk@gmail.com) * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and * associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, * sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or * substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT * NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ import android.graphics.Bitmap; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { /** * Converts image to byte array. * <br /><br /> * <p/> * <b>ATTENTION</b>: image conversion is done by compression, witch is very long running operation. * * @param bmp original bitmap * @param format compress format * @param quality compress quality * @return compress image as byte array * @see android.graphics.Bitmap#compress(android.graphics.Bitmap.CompressFormat, int, java.io.OutputStream) */ public static byte[] bmpToByte(Bitmap bmp, Bitmap.CompressFormat format, int quality) { final ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); bmp.compress(format, quality, stream); try { stream.flush(); byte[] data = stream.toByteArray(); stream.close(); return data; } catch (IOException e) { return null; } } }