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Can i get the height and width of an Image which is stored on my device

I need to get the height and width of an Image which is stored on my Android Device. I already know how to get the file(image), I just need some code how to get the height and width from that file.

Of course, you can.
you can try this:
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile("your image path");
int width = bitmap.getWidth();
int height = bitmap.getHeight();
note: You should have permission to access the file.

If you only need the dimensions of the image but not the decoded image itself, you can use BitmapFactory.Options with inJustDecodeBounds = true to do so:
BitmapFactory.Options decodeOptions = new BitmapFactory.Options();
decodeOptions.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, decodeOptions);
//decodeOptions.outWidth and decodeOptions.outHeight now contain the image dimensions
This way the decode function will return null but set the out variables of the options object. This saves both CPU and memory which can be advantageous if you are processing lots of images at once.

High resolution background image gives performance issues in Android

I want to have a background image that scales to fit any screen size in Android. The image is static and doesn't need to scroll. I made the image at 4K resolution to cover what is a likely resolution to exist on tablets in the next 2-3 years (2560 x 1600 already exist). The image is a JPG with a 137KB file size. Similar resolution images seem to work fine in Android web browsers. Why am I getting a lot of slow down in Android (on Samsung Galaxy S3, which should have plenty of CPU/RAM to handle an image like this)? I don't feel like I am doing anything out of the ordinary.
This loads the image in the XML layout. The image is currently stored in drawable-nodpi.
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/logo_background"
android:scaleType="centerCrop" />
Making different size images for each category of screen resolution is difficult as I cannot find information on what the current maximum resolution for a device in each category is only a minimum.
I want to use the same background image again and again between a variety of fragments. Is there a way to have the image resized once to the width of the screen (preferably asynchronously) and then load that resized image each time? Could this be done with Picasso?
Please don't give answers like "of course larger images result in performance issues" or link me to Google's Supporting Different Densities. This is a real issue that is going to become more of an issue as screen resolutions continue to increase. I am amazed that handling and resizing large images is not already optimised in the ImageView class, which makes me think I am doing something wrong.

The problem is that what you are trying to do is not relying on the SDK. By having one image and having to change the image on runtime, you are causing more work to be done on the UI thread in onDraw().
Of course you would be able to create a Bitmap for a specific size, but why do such complicated work when you can rely on the SDK?
Currently there are a bunch of different folders that you can use in order to get what you are looking for, and then in the future you can get a 4k image put into a specific folder. Things like this might work:
drawable-xhdpi
drawable-xxhdpi
drawable-xlarge-xhdpi - May not be specific enough for what you are trying to accomplish
drawable-sw600dp - This allows you to specify a folder for an image where the screen width is greater than 600dp. This qualifier will probably be helpful for your case, in the future where you will be using 4k images.

You dont even need Picasso mate.Here you get the screen size:
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.YOUR_VIEW_ID);
ViewTreeObserver vto = layout.getViewTreeObserver();
vto.addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
#Override
public void onGlobalLayout() {
this.layout.getViewTreeObserver().removeGlobalOnLayoutListener(this);
int width = layout.getMeasuredWidth();
int height = layout.getMeasuredHeight();
}
});
And here you resize your image with your new dimensions:
public Bitmap getResizedBitmap(Bitmap bm, int newHeight, int newWidth){
int width = bm.getWidth();
int height = bm.getHeight();
float scaleWidth = ((float) newWidth) / width;
float scaleHeight = ((float) newHeight) / height;
// create a matrix for the manipulation
Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
// resize the bit map
matrix.postScale(scaleWidth, scaleHeight);
// recreate the new Bitmap
Bitmap resizedBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(bm, 0, 0, width, height, matrix, false);
return resizedBitmap;
}
Using a matrix to resize is relatively fast. Although user1090347s answer would be best practice.

The problem is that android uses Bitmap to render images to canvas. It is like BMP image format for me. So, you have no gain from JPG format, cuz all information lost from jpg conversion are lost forever and you will end up will fullsize bitmap anyway. The problem with big resolution is that, you have to address few bytes for every pixel, no conversion applied! In particular, smaller devices have lower memory class as bigger ones. So, you have to handle the image resolution based on device screen size and memory class.
You can properly convert your background bitmap at runtime with these helper functions:
public void getScreenSizePixels(Resources resources, int widthHeightInPixels[/*2*/])
{
Configuration config = resources.getConfiguration();
DisplayMetrics dm = resources.getDisplayMetrics();
double screenWidthInPixels = (double)config.screenWidthDp * dm.density;
double screenHeightInPixels = screenWidthInPixels * dm.heightPixels / dm.widthPixels;
widthHeightInPixels[0] = (int)(screenWidthInPixels + .5);
widthHeightInPixels[1] = (int)(screenHeightInPixels + .5);
}
--
public static Bitmap getBitmap(byte[] imageAsBytes, int reqWidth, int reqHeight) {
BitmapFactory.Options opt = new BitmapFactory.Options();
opt.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(
imageAsBytes,
0,
imageAsBytes.length,
opt);
int width = opt.outWidth;
int height = opt.outHeight;
int scale = 1;
while (reqWidth < (width / scale) || reqHeight < (height / scale)) {
scale++;
}
//bitmap.recycle();
opt.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
opt.inSampleSize = scale;
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(
imageAsBytes,
0,
imageAsBytes.length,
opt);
return bitmap;
}

The way to calculate Bitmap size?

I'm trying to find the size of my image but not to load into memory. I use the flowing code
BitmapFactory.Options o = new BitmapFactory.Options();
o.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
BitmapFactory.decodeResource(a.getResources(), R.drawable.icon, o);
int width1 = o.outWidt;
int height1 = o.outHeight;
Now, I make some comparison:
Bitmap icon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(a.getResources(), R.drawable.icon);
int width = icon.getWidth();
int height = icon.getHeight();
Why width, height is not equal to width1 and height1 ?

I'm almost certain this is because referencing that image from resources with decode the image comes pre scaled for density.
Checkout #1 here on the docs: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#DensityConsiderations

I'm not sure what is going on, but it may be that BitmapFactory applies density scaling when actually returning a bitmap (as described here), but not when it is just decoding its size. (If this is what's going on, I'd consider filing a bug report.)
You can test this theory by moving your image from the drawables directory to drawables-nodpi.

Displaying images and managing memory in android

I wrote a program that at any time displays 8 user selected images on the screen. Each image is taken from its original form and scaled down to a uniform size. In order to do this I am using the code below:
Bitmap bitmapOrg = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(File Location Here);
int width = bitmapOrg.getWidth();
int height = bitmapOrg.getHeight();
int newWidth = 100;
int newHeight = 100;
// calculate the scale - in this case = 0.4f
float scaleWidth = ((float) newWidth) / width;
float scaleHeight = ((float) newHeight) / height;
// createa matrix for the manipulation
Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
// resize the bit map
matrix.postScale(scaleWidth, scaleHeight);
// recreate the new Bitmap
Bitmap resizedBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(bitmapOrg, 0, 0, width,
height, matrix, true);
// make a Drawable from Bitmap to allow to set the BitMap
// to the ImageView, ImageButton or what ever
BitmapDrawable bmd = new BitmapDrawable(resizedBitmap);
//ImageView imageView = new ImageView(this);
ImageView iv = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
// set the Drawable on the ImageView
iv.setImageDrawable(bmd);
// center the Image
iv.setScaleType(ScaleType.CENTER);
Even though my code works its not perfect. It seems like I'm using up a lot of memory especially calling this code possibly 8 times at once. Where in the code would I "recycle" the memory and how could I make this code possibly run better?
EDIT:
So I implemented the code in my project and it was working perfect and then I tried to add it to other sections and it just stopped working all together. My code looks like this: any idea what am I doing wrong?
BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.outWidth = 50;
options.outHeight = 50; Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);
ImageView iv = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView7);
iv.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

You can use BitmapFactory.Options to scale the image as you decode it rather than reading in a full image and then scaling it.
BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
// You can play with this setting depending on how large your images are
// For example, to scale ~400x400 images to ~100x100, you can use 4.
options.inSampleSize = 4;
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);
Edit - George is correct. You should use inSampleSize to create a smaller image of the general size you need and then have it resized to the exact size you want using your ImageView. I've corrected my answer above to reflect this.
In any case, you should be much better off memory-wise if you are scaling the bitmaps during decode.

#matthew-willis I do not think you can use outWidth and outHeight to scale a bitmap. I believe they are output parameters only: they report the size of the bitmap created after the fact--setting them prior to decoding has no effect. You should use inSampleSize if you want to scale as you decode. George

Bitmap resizing and rotating: linear noise

I am resizing image and rotating it using Matrix:
Matrix mtx = new Matrix();
if(orientation>0) {
mtx.postRotate(orientation);
Log.d(TAG,"image rotated: "+orientation);
}
if(scale<1) {
mtx.postScale(scale,scale);
Log.d(TAG,"image scaled: "+scale);
}
bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(bm_orig, 0, 0, width, height, mtx, true);
bm_orig.recycle();
bmp.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG,95,output);
bmp.recycle();
When bmp_orig is taken, used 3.2 Mpx Camera, image resized and rotated looks normal.
But when source is 4 Mpx or bigger, result after resizing has barely-noticeable linear noise
I dont know, why does this noise appear, and how to remove it.
Any idea?
May be another way to resize and rotate?

Found that this problem is related with source and resulting image size.
Solved it, when check image size before loading it, and then load halfsized image, if source image size is more than 2 times bigger than resulting size is needed.
BitmapFactory.Options options_to_get_size = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options_to_get_size.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
BitmapFactory.decodeStream(input, null, options_to_get_size);
int load_scale = 1; // load 100% sized image
int width_tmp=options_to_get_size.outWidth
int height_tmp=options_to_get_size.outHeight;
while(width_tmp/2>maxW && height_tmp/2>maxH){
width_tmp/=2;//load half sized image
height_tmp/=2;
load_scale*=2;
}
Log.d(TAG,"load inSampleSize: "+ load_scale);
//Now load image with precalculated scale. scale must be power of 2 (1,2,4,8,16...)
BitmapFactory.Options option_to_load = new BitmapFactory.Options();
option_to_load.inSampleSize = load_scale;
((FileInputStream)input).getChannel().position(0); # reset input stream to read again
Bitmap bm_orig = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(input,null,option_to_load);
input.close();
//now you can resize and rotate image using matrix as stated in question