Android Bitmap remove white margin

Question

I've got a question regarding Bitmaps in Android: I 've got a Bitmap with white margins [size unknown] around. Is it possible to create a new Bitmap with all the white margins removed (rectangular shape)?

Bitmap bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, bmpheigth, Config.ARGB_8888);
    Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bmp);
    canvas.setBitmap(bmp);
    canvas.drawColor(Color.WHITE);
// draw here things!

It is asumed to be unknown where are things painted.

What is a good way to do that? thanks!

Answer 1

Thanks @Maxim Efimov & @StackOverflowException

Just in Case Someone will need a snippet for this kind of problems:

this method returns a cut out smaller Bitmap with Margins removed. passing the pixels to a int-array first and then working with the array is a bit faster than the Bitmap.getPixel method

just call the method indicating Source Bitmap and Background color.

Bitmap bmp2 = removeMargins(bmp, Color.WHITE);


private static Bitmap removeMargins2(Bitmap bmp, int color) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub


    long dtMili = System.currentTimeMillis();
    int MTop = 0, MBot = 0, MLeft = 0, MRight = 0;
    boolean found1 = false, found2 = false;

    int[] bmpIn = new int[bmp.getWidth() * bmp.getHeight()];
    int[][] bmpInt = new int[bmp.getWidth()][bmp.getHeight()];

    bmp.getPixels(bmpIn, 0, bmp.getWidth(), 0, 0, bmp.getWidth(),
            bmp.getHeight());

    for (int ii = 0, contX = 0, contY = 0; ii < bmpIn.length; ii++) {
        bmpInt[contX][contY] = bmpIn[ii];
        contX++;
        if (contX >= bmp.getWidth()) {
            contX = 0;
            contY++;
            if (contY >= bmp.getHeight()) {
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    for (int hP = 0; hP < bmpInt[0].length && !found2; hP++) {
        // looking for MTop
        for (int wP = 0; wP < bmpInt.length && !found2; wP++) {
            if (bmpInt[wP][hP] != color) {
                Log.e("MTop 2", "Pixel found @" + hP);
                MTop = hP;
                found2 = true;
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    found2 = false;

    for (int hP = bmpInt[0].length - 1; hP >= 0 && !found2; hP--) {
        // looking for MBot
        for (int wP = 0; wP < bmpInt.length && !found2; wP++) {
            if (bmpInt[wP][hP] != color) {
                Log.e("MBot 2", "Pixel found @" + hP);
                MBot = bmp.getHeight() - hP;
                found2 = true;
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    found2 = false;

    for (int wP = 0; wP < bmpInt.length && !found2; wP++) {
        // looking for MLeft
        for (int hP = 0; hP < bmpInt[0].length && !found2; hP++) {
            if (bmpInt[wP][hP] != color) {
                Log.e("MLeft 2", "Pixel found @" + wP);
                MLeft = wP;
                found2 = true;
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    found2 = false;

    for (int wP = bmpInt.length - 1; wP >= 0 && !found2; wP--) {
        // looking for MRight
        for (int hP = 0; hP < bmpInt[0].length && !found2; hP++) {
            if (bmpInt[wP][hP] != color) {
                Log.e("MRight 2", "Pixel found @" + wP);
                MRight = bmp.getWidth() - wP;
                found2 = true;
                break;
            }
        }

    }
    found2 = false;

    int sizeY = bmp.getHeight() - MBot - MTop, sizeX = bmp.getWidth()
            - MRight - MLeft;

    Bitmap bmp2 = Bitmap.createBitmap(bmp, MLeft, MTop, sizeX, sizeY);
    dtMili = (System.currentTimeMillis() - dtMili);
    Log.e("Margin   2",
            "Time needed " + dtMili + "mSec\nh:" + bmp.getWidth() + "w:"
                    + bmp.getHeight() + "\narray x:" + bmpInt.length + "y:"
                    + bmpInt[0].length);
    return bmp2;
}