Question

I would like to obtain the byte array of a JPEG image without using the following method:

    bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile("/sdcard/photo.jpg");
    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    bitmap.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, 50, baos);
    byte[] data = baos.toByteArray();

Is there anyway to do this?

Answer 1

Any reason not to just load the file itself as a normal FileInputStream etc? (Personally I like Guava’s Files.toByteArray() as a simple way of loading a file, but I don’t know the status of Guava on Android.)