Android : Converting color image to grayscale [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can do this too :

    ColorMatrix matrix = new ColorMatrix();
    matrix.setSaturation(0); 
    imageview.setColorFilter(new ColorMatrixColorFilter(matrix));

Answer 2

Lalit has the most practical answer. However, you wanted the resulting grey to be the average of the red, green and blue and should set up your matrix like so:

    float oneThird = 1/3f;
    float[] mat = new float[]{
            oneThird, oneThird, oneThird, 0, 0, 
            oneThird, oneThird, oneThird, 0, 0, 
            oneThird, oneThird, oneThird, 0, 0, 
            0, 0, 0, 1, 0,};
    ColorMatrixColorFilter filter = new ColorMatrixColorFilter(mat);
    paint.setColorFilter(filter);
    c.drawBitmap(original, 0, 0, paint);

And finally, as I have faced the problem of converting an image to grayscale before - the most visually pleasing result in all cases is achieved by not taking the average, but through giving each colour different weight depending on its percieved brightness, I tend to use these values:

    float[] mat = new float[]{
            0.3f, 0.59f, 0.11f, 0, 0, 
            0.3f, 0.59f, 0.11f, 0, 0, 
            0.3f, 0.59f, 0.11f, 0, 0, 
            0, 0, 0, 1, 0,};

Answer 3

Try the solution from this previous answer by leparlon:

public Bitmap toGrayscale(Bitmap bmpOriginal)
    {        
        int width, height;
        height = bmpOriginal.getHeight();
        width = bmpOriginal.getWidth();    

        Bitmap bmpGrayscale = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.RGB_565);
        Canvas c = new Canvas(bmpGrayscale);
        Paint paint = new Paint();
        ColorMatrix cm = new ColorMatrix();
        cm.setSaturation(0);
        ColorMatrixColorFilter f = new ColorMatrixColorFilter(cm);
        paint.setColorFilter(f);
        c.drawBitmap(bmpOriginal, 0, 0, paint);
        return bmpGrayscale;
    }