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b2.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                setContentView(R.layout.new_main);

                String editTextStr = text.getText().toString();
                Toast msg = Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(),"/sdcard/Stored_Images/" + editTextStr + ".jpg", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                msg.show();

                Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeFile("/sdcard/Stored_Images/" + editTextStr + ".jpg");
                ImageView img = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.ImageView01);
                img.setImageBitmap(bmp);
            }
        });

The code above displays an image on the screen that is saved on the sd card.

Canvas c = holder.lockCanvas();
c.drawARGB(255,0,0,0);
onDraw(c);
holder.unlockCanvasAndPost(c);

This code creates a canvas to draw on (black screen).

I want to be able to combine the two to set/display an image as the canvas so that I can draw on it. So if i take a picture of someones face, I want to be able to display that image so that I can draw a mustache or something on it.

Answer 1

You are probably better off creating the canvas, adding the bitmap image to it and then handling the user touch/drawing from there.

Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeFile("/sdcard/Stored_Images/" + editTextStr + ".jpg");
mCanvas = new Canvas(bmp);

then for the drawing… sound like you have that figured out, but if not you can check out the fingerPaint samples from the api demos that demonstrate drawing on a canvas (which you would have your image on at that point.)