converting Java bitmap to byte array

Question

  Bitmap bmp   = intent.getExtras().get("data");
  int size     = bmp.getRowBytes() * bmp.getHeight();
  ByteBuffer b = ByteBuffer.allocate(size);

  bmp.copyPixelsToBuffer(b);

  byte[] bytes = new byte[size];

  try {
     b.get(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
  } catch (BufferUnderflowException e) {
     // always happens
  }
  // do something with byte[]

When I look at the buffer after the call to copyPixelsToBuffer the bytes are all 0... The bitmap returned from the camera is immutable... but that shouldn't matter since it's doing a copy.

What could be wrong with this code?

Answer 1

Here is bitmap extension .convertToByteArray wrote in Kotlin.

/**
 * Convert bitmap to byte array using ByteBuffer.
 */
fun Bitmap.convertToByteArray(): ByteArray {
    //minimum number of bytes that can be used to store this bitmap's pixels
    val size = this.byteCount

    //allocate new instances which will hold bitmap
    val buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(size)
    val bytes = ByteArray(size)

    //copy the bitmap's pixels into the specified buffer
    this.copyPixelsToBuffer(buffer)

    //rewinds buffer (buffer position is set to zero and the mark is discarded)
    buffer.rewind()

    //transfer bytes from buffer into the given destination array
    buffer.get(bytes)

    //return bitmap's pixels
    return bytes
}

Answer 2

Your byte array is too small. Each pixel takes up 4 bytes, not just 1, so multiply your size * 4 so that the array is big enough.

Answer 3

Ted Hopp is correct, from the API Documentation :

public void copyPixelsToBuffer (Buffer dst)

"... After this method returns, the current position of the buffer is updated: the position is incremented by the number of elements written in the buffer. "

and

public ByteBuffer get (byte[] dst, int dstOffset, int byteCount)

"Reads bytes from the current position into the specified byte array, starting at the specified offset, and increases the position by the number of bytes read."

Answer 4

Use below functions to encode bitmap into byte[] and vice versa

public static String encodeTobase64(Bitmap image) {
            Bitmap immagex = image;
            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            immagex.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 90, baos);
            byte[] b = baos.toByteArray();
            String imageEncoded = Base64.encodeToString(b, Base64.DEFAULT);
            return imageEncoded;
        }

 public static Bitmap decodeBase64(String input) {
    byte[] decodedByte = Base64.decode(input, 0);
    return BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(decodedByte, 0,      decodedByte.length);
 }

Answer 5

Do you need to rewind the buffer, perhaps?

Also, this might happen if the stride (in bytes) of the bitmap is greater than the row length in pixels * bytes/pixel. Make the length of bytes b.remaining() instead of size.

Answer 6

CompressFormat is too slow...

Try ByteBuffer.

※※※Bitmap to byte※※※

width = bitmap.getWidth();
height = bitmap.getHeight();

int size = bitmap.getRowBytes() * bitmap.getHeight();
ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(size);
bitmap.copyPixelsToBuffer(byteBuffer);
byteArray = byteBuffer.array();

※※※byte to bitmap※※※

Bitmap.Config configBmp = Bitmap.Config.valueOf(bitmap.getConfig().name());
Bitmap bitmap_tmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, configBmp);
ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(byteArray);
bitmap_tmp.copyPixelsFromBuffer(buffer);