Resize a large bitmap file to scaled output file on Android

Question

I have a large bitmap (say 3888x2592) in a file. Now, I want to resize that bitmap to 800x533 and save it to another file. I normally would scale the bitmap by calling

Answer 1

Here is an article that takes a different approach to resizing. It will attempt to load the largest possible bitmap into memory based on available memory in the process and then perform the transforms.

http://bricolsoftconsulting.com/2012/12/07/handling-large-images-on-android/