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Creating a Cropped bitmap without creating a new bitmap

I need to figure out a way to get a bitmap cropped without creating another bitmap that is already present.
I have two bitmaps
int width = 50;
int height = 50;
//Bitmap A
bitmapA = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
bitmapA.copyPixelsFromBuffer(buffer);
//Bitmap B
bitmapB = Bitmap.createBitmap(45, 45, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
bitmapA has an image data, while bitmapB has no image data. I need a cropped image of bitmapA starting from (5, 5) and put it into bitmapB without creating another new Bitmap.
While I can do
bitmapC = Bitmap.createBitmap(bitmapA, 5, 5, 45, 45);
this will create another Bitmap object. I need to copy the data of bitmapA into the already created bitmapB without creating another Bitmap / calling createBitmap
Can this be done by using Rect?
Any ideas? thanks.

Android combine pictures

Hy, I tried to search this but not very much luck
the most similar is this one
http://ketankantilal.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-combine-images-and-store-to.html
Anyhow, I'm developing for android.
The question is I have images in png format (or jpg as bmp is quite large for my app).
How can I combine three images from top to bottom.
I do not need to save them on sd just to display them.
Thanks, and sorry if a similar question with answer exists.

You could use a Canvas and then draw each Bitmap (assuming each image is loaded into a Bitmap object) using appropriate top and left offsets.
You would increase the top offset of the next bitmap by the total size of the previously drawn Bitmaps.
Check out http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Canvas.html
example:
public void stackImages(Context ctx)
{
// base image, if new images have transparency or don't fill all pixels
// whatever is drawn here will show.
Bitmap result = Bitmap.createBitmap(400, 400, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
// b1 will be on top
Bitmap b1 = Bitmap.createBitmap(400, 200, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
// b2 will be below b1
Bitmap b2 = Bitmap.createBitmap(400, 200, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas c = new Canvas(result);
c.drawBitmap(b1, 0f, 0f, null);
// notice the top offset
c.drawBitmap(b2, 0f, 200f, null);
// result can now be used in any ImageView
ImageView iv = new ImageView(ctx);
iv.setImageBitmap(result);
// or save to file as png
// note: this may not be the best way to accomplish the save
try {
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(new File("some/file/name.png"));
result.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 90, out);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

Text in OpenGL on an Object

I'm developing a sphere which should show text at certain positions. I tried it with CBFG and it's API, but I just counld saw a text at a fixed position on the screen. But I need to have a dynamic text which I can move around with a onTouchListener. With my Sphere it works fine, also with a Bitmap on it, but how can i make it with the text?

I solved my problem:
TextView textV = new TextView(context);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(128, 128);
textV.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
textV.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
textV.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
textV.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
textV.setText(text);
textV.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap( textV.getLayoutParams().width, textV.getLayoutParams().height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas c = new Canvas(b);
textV.layout(0, 0, textV.getLayoutParams().width, textV.getLayoutParams().height);
textV.draw(c);
textV.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
With that code I'll get a Bitmap which I can use as a texture ;-)

Retrieving the image and add caption to it

I wanted to create an app by taking images from the sd card and add caption to it. Also I wanted to move the caption as per our wish and place it somewhere as desired and save it .can you please suggest an idea for doing this. Also if we want to add a caption to the existing image from SD card then , do we need to have database for doing this. or can it be saved directly to the SD card.

Refer This Answer
You can put an EditText and Write into it and after writting you first convert it to Bitmap like
Bitmap bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(mEditText.getDrawingCache());
Now you can add created image bmp to your original image like this
call :
Bitmap combined = combineImages(bgBitmap,bmp);
public Bitmap combineImages(Bitmap background, Bitmap foreground) {
int width = 0, height = 0;
Bitmap cs;
width = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getWidth();
height = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getHeight();
cs = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas comboImage = new Canvas(cs);
background = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(background, width, height, true);
comboImage.drawBitmap(background, 0, 0, null);
comboImage.drawBitmap(foreground, matrix, null);
return cs;
}

Use canvas (Custom Views) for it..
I think this is the only way to make one view (Image in one canvas) on other view (caption in other canvas) on it. So in this you have to complete knowledge of how views draw on canvas and how to move to that views. And using canvas you can also smoothly move your views on screen.
After creating custom views you can save those views in Bitmap, now you can also combine those images to one bitmap..
(Here Customeviews are ImageViews, TextViews, EditText etc..)
All the best. :-)

USe like this.
cs = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas comboImage = new Canvas(cs);
background = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(background, width, height, true);
comboImage.drawBitmap(background, 0, 0, null);
comboImage.drawText("title", x, y, paint);

convert view into bitmap [duplicate]

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Possible Duplicate:
Converting a view to Bitmap without displaying it in Android?
I am trying to convert the view into bitmap from following reference link
link text
Now the problem is how can i get the bitmap that is being converted from view only. in the example author has used relativelayout.dispatchDraw(c) but this line is giving me compile time error i.e.
The method dispatchDraw(Canvas) from
the type ViewGroup is not visible
Here is my code and i have written the following code inside onCreate function
Canvas c=null;
//Create Layout
RelativeLayout relativeView ;
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT
);
relativeView = new RelativeLayout(this);
relativeView.setLayoutParams(lp);
//Background of Layout
Bitmap viewBgrnd = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.bgblack);
relativeView.setBackgroundDrawable(new BitmapDrawable(viewBgrnd));
//associated with canvas
Bitmap returnedBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(320,480,Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
c = new Canvas(returnedBitmap);
Paint paint = new Paint();
//Create Imageview that holds image
ImageView newImage = new ImageView(this);
Bitmap srcBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.bgpink);
newImage.setImageBitmap(srcBitmap);
TextView newText = new TextView(this);
newText.setText("This is the text that its going to appear");
c.drawBitmap(viewBgrnd, 0, 0, paint);
relativeView.layout(100, 0, 256, 256);
relativeView.addView(newImage);
relativeView.addView(newText);
// here i am getting compile time error so for timing i have replaced this line
// with relativeView.draw(c);
relativeView.dispatchDraw(c);
Here the returnedBitmap should contain the image of (ImageView and TextView) but this bitmap contains only bacground bitmap of relativeView i.e. bgblack

here is my solution:
public static Bitmap getBitmapFromView(View view) {
Bitmap returnedBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(view.getWidth(), view.getHeight(),Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(returnedBitmap);
Drawable bgDrawable =view.getBackground();
if (bgDrawable!=null)
bgDrawable.draw(canvas);
else
canvas.drawColor(Color.WHITE);
view.draw(canvas);
return returnedBitmap;
}
Enjoy :)

This works for me:
Bitmap viewCapture = null;
theViewYouWantToCapture.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
viewCapture = Bitmap.createBitmap(theViewYouWantToCapture.getDrawingCache());
theViewYouWantToCapture.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
I believe the view has to be visible (ie. getVisiblity() == View.VISIBLE). If you are trying to capture it but hide it to the user at the same time, you could move it off screen or put something over it.