Converting Bitmap in memory to Bitmap with Bitmap.Config.RGB_565

Question

I have a loaded Bitmap which I would like to convert to set the config to Bitmap.Config.RGB_565. Is there a simple way of converting a Bitmap to th

Answer 1

You can also try this:

Bitmap converted = original.copy(Config.RGB_565, false);

From the documentation of Bitmap.copy():

Tries to make a new bitmap based on the dimensions of this bitmap, setting the new bitmap's config to the one specified, and then copying this bitmap's pixels into the new bitmap. If the conversion is not supported, or the allocator fails, then this returns NULL.

Looking through the native source code, you should be fine converting between any values of Bitmap.Config.