Finding the dominant color of an image in an Android @drawable

Question

You can understand why I\'m trying to find the dominant color in an image if you use Windows 7. When your mouse over a program in the taskbar, the background of that partic

Answer 1

To find the Dominant / Vibrant / Muted color from an image, use Palette:

import:

implementation 'androidx.palette:palette:1.0.0'

usage:

    val bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(resources, R.drawable.image)

    Palette.Builder(bitmap).generate { it?.let {  palette ->
        val dominantColor = palette.getDominantColor(ContextCompat.getColor(context!!, R.color.defaultColor))

        // TODO: use dominant color

    } }