Android: Matrix -> what is the different between preconcat and postconcat?

Question

I\'m using Matrix to scale and rotate Bitmaps. Now I\'m wondering what the difference between preconcat & postconcat is, or more precisely the difference between:

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Answer 1

I answered the question yesterday， but I feel sometiong wrong today ,So I correct the answer here:

matrix:  float[] values ={1.2f,0.5f,30,0.5f,1.2f,30,0,0,1};

//as we all know, the basic value in matrix,means no transformation added
matrix2:  float[] values2 ={1f,0,0,0,1f,0,0,0,1};

Let's say our matrix values are the values above.

1、 when we do the transformation like below:

matrix.preTranslate(-50, -50);

is equals to do sequence transformation to matrix2 above like below:

matrix2.postTranslate(-50, -50);
matrix2.postSkew(0.5f/1.2f,0.5f/1.2f);// note here
matrix2.postScale(1.2f, 1.2f);
matrix2.postTranslate(30, 30);

2、 when we do the transformation like below :

matrix.preRotate(50);

is equals to do sequence transformation to matrix2 like below:

matrix2.postRotate(50);
matrix2.postSkew(0.5f/1.2f,0.5f/1.2f);
matrix2.postScale(1.2f, 1.2f);
matrix2.postTranslate(30, 30);

3、 when we do the transformation like below :

matrix.preScale(1.3f,1.3f);

is equals to do sequence transformation to matrix2 like below:

matrix2.postScale(1.3f,1.3f);
matrix2.postSkew(0.5f/1.2f,0.5f/1.2f);
matrix2.postScale(1.2f, 1.2f);
matrix2.postTranslate(30, 30);

4、 when we do the transformation like below :

 matrix.preSkew(0.4f,0.4f);

is equals to do sequence transformation to matrix2 like below:

 matrix2.postSkew(0.4f,0.4f);
 matrix2.postSkew(0.5f/1.2f,0.5f/1.2f);
 matrix2.postScale(1.2f, 1.2f);
 matrix2.postTranslate(30, 30);