Where the heck is Bitmap getByteCount()?

Question

I know the Android platform is a huge mess, over complicated and over-engineered, but seriously to get the size of a bitmap, is it really necessary to do all those conversio

Answer 1

As mentioned in other answers, it is only available on API 12 or higher. This is a simple compatibility version of the method.

public static int getByteCount(Bitmap bitmap) {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB_MR1) {
        return bitmap.getRowBytes() * bitmap.getHeight();
    } else {
        return bitmap.getByteCount();
    }
}