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Android clip Picture to Bitmap. Is Possible?

I have a Picture object, loaded from an SVG file, and I have set hardwareAccelerated=false to make it works on all devices.
Since there is a bug on android 4.0.4, I have to convert the Picture to Bitmap and I do that, in this way:
...
...
public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
...
...
//myPicture size is 9000x5000 but I want to display only this portion
clipRect.set(50, 50, 370, 530);
Bitmap bmp = getBitmapFromPicture(myPicture, clipRect);
canvas.drawBitmap(bmp, 0, 0, null);
bmp.recycle();
...
...
}
public static Bitmap getBitmapFromPicture(Picture picture, RectF clipRect) {
Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(Math.round(clipRect.width()), Math.round(clipRect.height()), Config.RGB_565);
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
canvas.drawPicture(picture);
}
Now I want to clip the Picture because I want to display only the visible screen part of it.
But the canvas.drawPicture does not accept srcRect parameter.
How is it possible to achieve this?
EDIT:
By translate the canvas: canvas.translate(-50, -50) it seems that translate the bitmap, too.

You need to set a transform on the Canvas.
To move the portion of the picture at 50,50 down so it is on the bitmap (ie. at 0,0), just do:
canvas.translate(-50, -50);
So your method becomes:
public static Bitmap getBitmapFromPicture(Picture picture, RectF clipRect)
{
Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(Math.round(clipRect.width()),
Math.round(clipRect.height()),
Config.RGB_565);
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
canvas.translate(-clipRect.left, -clipRect.top);
canvas.drawPicture(picture);
}

Android custom view: Set canvas size to wrap bitmap

I have a custom view that has Canvas in it. I'm using this canvas to show a bitmap on it and then I can draw over the bitmap on touch. When I load the bitmap it is a lot bigger then the view size and I can't see the whole bitmap (it's picture taken with camera). I tried to create scaled bitmap and then draw it on the canvas, but in that case the bitmap is smaller and the canvas is taking the whole layout space available. I'm adding this view programmatically, not int the xml layout. I have set this to the view but not working:
fdvImage = new ImageEditingView(this, b);
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
lp.addRule(RelativeLayout.CENTER_IN_PARENT, 1);
fdvImage.setLayoutParams(lp);
and this is my view constructor:
public ImageEditingView(Context c, Bitmap b) {
super(c);
this.setMinimumHeight(0);
mBitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(b, b.getWidth()/2, b.getHeight()/2, true);
mCanvas = new Canvas(mBitmap);
}
and in the onDraw I have this:
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
canvas.drawBitmap(mBitmap, 0, 0, mBitmapPaint);
}
So, my question is: Why is the canvas taking all the layout space even if the bitmap is smaller then it?

Use this code to draw bitmap
canvas.drawBitmapMesh(yourBitmap, 1, 1,vertices, 0, null, 0,
paint);
Make vertices according to your view
[EDIT]
float[] vertices = new float[8];
vertices[0]=0; vertices[1]=0; vertices[2]=100; vertices[3]=0;
vertices[4]=0;vertices[5]=200; vertices[6]=100; vertices[7]=200;
change the 100 to your width and 200 to height

Android how to apply mask on ImageView?

So I tried the code from here: Creating an ImageView with a mask. I'm using the following images as original and mask:
However, the result I get is this:
Note that the window background is not black, but holo light (which on the galaxy nexus looks like a very pale gray, not completely white). The second image is the result I get when an item is selected on a list view.
If instead I create a new Bitmap using the same algorithm and then pass it to the image view instead of overriding onDraw(), it draws correctly:
Canvas canvas = new Canvas();
Bitmap mainImage = //get original image
Bitmap maskImage = //get mask image
Bitmap result = Bitmap.createBitmap(mainImage.getWidth(), mainImage.getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
canvas.setBitmap(result);
Paint paint = new Paint();
paint.setFilterBitmap(false);
canvas.drawBitmap(mainImage, 0, 0, paint);
paint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(PorterDuff.Mode.DST_IN));
canvas.drawBitmap(maskImage, 0, 0, paint);
paint.setXfermode(null);
imageView.setImageBitmap(result);
I get the expected result:
Note the fade is correctly applied. This is more evident when a selection is made.
So what's going on on ImageView's onDraw method to create this black backdrop instead of letting the window background show through? What's interesting is that if the original image itself has some transparency, that transparency is respected, for example:
I can't figure it out by myself. I'd rather be able to do it on onDraw instead of pre-creating the bitmap because it only works for bitmaps as source and mask. I want to be able to do it with other drawables like gradients and solid colours but on those cases the width and height are not set.

I have found the perfect combination for creating masking without black border after researching through all the stackoverflow posts. It suits my purpose quite well.
Currently I'm creating a draggable view using one normal image and a masking image (a png with transparency), so I'll need to override the onDraw function.
private Bitmap mImage = ...;
private Bitmap mMask = ...; // png mask with transparency
private int mPosX = 0;
private int mPosY = 0;
private final Paint maskPaint;
private final Paint imagePaint;
public CustomView (final Context context) {
maskPaint = new Paint();
maskPaint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(PorterDuff.Mode.CLEAR));
imagePaint = new Paint();
imagePaint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(PorterDuff.Mode.DST_OVER));
}
/* TODO
if you have more constructors, make sure you initialize maskPaint and imagePaint
Declaring these as final means that all your constructors have to initialize them.
Failure to do so = your code won't compile.
*/
#Override
public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
super.onDraw(canvas);
canvas.save();
canvas.drawBitmap(mMask, 0, 0, maskPaint);
canvas.drawBitmap(mImage, mPosX, mPosY, imagePaint);
canvas.restore();
}

Answering my own question. The Xfermode was working as intended. The paint was making the resulting are of the canvas transparent (which was the canvas used by the window activity). Since the canvas itself was being set transparent, the window was showing what was behind it: the black background.
To do it properly, indeed a new Bitmap has to be created to hold the result of the alpha mask. I updated the code to take into account drawables of all types.

In this Code Apply:
mask_over = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(
getResources(), mask_over1[0]);
icon = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(icon, screenwidth, screenwidth, false);
mask_over = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(mask_over, screenwidth, screenwidth, false);
back_img=createBitmap_ScriptIntrinsicBlur(Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(cropview.croppedImage, screenwidth, screenwidth, false),25.0f);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams111 = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(screenwidth, screenwidth);

Android: Drawing tiled bitmaps with bottom or some other alignments similar to css background-position

I want to set a background of a View with a tiled bitmap, but the tiling needs to be anchored to the bottom-left, instead of the top-left corner (the default). For example, if the tiles are the smiley faces below, I want it to be tiled like:
Using xml drawables I could achieve either tiling (using tileMode="repeat") or bottom positioning (using gravity="bottom"), but combining both is not possible, even the documentation says so:
android:tileMode
Keyword. Defines the tile mode. When the tile mode is
enabled, the bitmap is repeated. Gravity is ignored when the tile mode
is enabled.
Although it's not internally supported, is there any way to achieve this, perhaps using custom views?

Another way would be to extend BitmapDrawable and override the paint() method:
In this method we avoid creating a new bitmap having the size of the view.
class MyBitmapDrawable extends BitmapDrawable {
private Paint mPaint = new Paint(Paint.FILTER_BITMAP_FLAG | Paint.DITHER_FLAG);
private boolean mRebuildShader = true;
private Matrix mMatrix = new Matrix();
#Override
public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
Bitmap bitmap = getBitmap();
if (bitmap == null) {
return;
}
if (mRebuildShader) {
mPaint.setShader(new BitmapShader(bitmap, TileMode.REPEAT, TileMode.REPEAT));
mRebuildShader = false;
}
// Translate down by the remainder
mMatrix.setTranslate(0, getBounds().bottom % getIntrinsicHeight());
canvas.save();
canvas.setMatrix(mMatrix);
canvas.drawRect(getBounds(), mPaint);
canvas.restore();
}
}
It can be set to the view like this:
view.setBackgroundDrawable(new MyBitmapDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.smiley).getBitmap()));

Just a thought, and it's pretty roundabout, but could you flip your image vertically, and then apply a transform to your background to flip that vertically as well?

Using a custom view might involve handling all the drawing yourself, not just the background image.
Instead, I propose to set the view's background programmatically as shown:
// This drawable refers to an image directly and NOT an XML
BitmapDrawable smiley = (BitmapDrawable) getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.smiley);
// Create a new bitmap with the size of the view
Bitmap bgBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(view.getWidth(), view.getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bgBitmap);
// Translate down by the remainder
Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
matrix.setTranslate(0, view.getHeight() % smiley.getIntrinsicHeight());
canvas.setMatrix(matrix);
// Tile the smileys
Paint paint = new Paint();
paint.setShader(new BitmapShader(smiley.getBitmap(), TileMode.REPEAT, TileMode.REPEAT));
canvas.drawPaint(paint);
view.setBackgroundDrawable(new BitmapDrawable(bgBitmap));
Points to consider:
I'm not sure if view.getWidth() & view.getHeight() are the correct
methods to get the dimensions.
What if smiley size is bigger than the view?

Getting the pixel color value of a point on an Android View that includes a Bitmap-backed Canvas

I'm trying to figure out the best way to get the pixel color value at a given point on a View. There are three ways that I write to the View:
I set a background image with View.setBackgroundDrawable(...).
I write text, draw lines, etc., with Canvas.drawText(...), Canvas.drawLine(...), etc., to a Bitmap-backed Canvas.
I draw child objects (sprites) by having them write to the Canvas passed to the View's onDraw(Canvas canvas) method.
Here is the onDraw() method from my class that extends View:
#Override
public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
// 1. Redraw the background image.
super.onDraw(canvas);
// 2. Redraw any text, lines, etc.
canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, 0, 0, null);
// 3. Redraw the sprites.
for (Sprite sprite : sprites) {
sprite.onDraw(canvas);
}
}
What would be the best way to get a pixel's color value that would take into account all of those sources?

How about load the view to a bitmap (at some point after all your drawing/sprites etc is done), then get the pixel color from the bitmap?
public static Bitmap loadBitmapFromView(View v) {
Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap( v.getLayoutParams().width, v.getLayoutParams().height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas c = new Canvas(b);
v.layout(0, 0, v.getLayoutParams().width, v.getLayoutParams().height);
v.draw(c);
return b;
}
then use getPixel(x,y) on the result?
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Bitmap.html#getPixel%28int,%20int%29