Getting Image from drawable and adding to PDF using iText

Question

I want to add image to android PDF using iText. I want to achieve this without saving image to SDCard first. I put my image into res/drawable folder but proving the image path doesn’t work and it throws FileNotFound Exception. My path is like this:

String path = “res/drawable/myImage.png”
Image image = Image.getInstance(path);
document.add(image);

Now please suggest me a solution how I will add correct file path to getInstance(…) method. Thanks

Answer 1

I found a solution for your issue. If you want to get image from your drawable folder and put it into a PDF file using iText use this code:

try {
    document.open();
    Drawable d = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.myImage);
    BitmapDrawable bitDw = ((BitmapDrawable) d);
    Bitmap bmp = bitDw.getBitmap();  
    ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    bmp.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, stream);
    Image image = Image.getInstance(stream.toByteArray());
    document.add(image);    
    document.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
}