How to keep image quality same in BitmapFactory

Question

I've converted an bitmap image into string to save it:

............
Bitmap photo = extras.getParcelable("data");
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
photo.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, baos);
byte[] b = baos.toByteArray();
String encodedImage = Base64.encodeToString(b, Base64.DEFAULT);

Then I retrieve the bitmap from string to set an activity's background just like that:

byte[] temp = Base64.decode(encodedImage, Base64.DEFAULT);
Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inScaled = false;
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(temp, 0,
                temp.length, options);
Drawable d = new BitmapDrawable(getResources(), bitmap);
getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(d);

Everything works fine but the image quality reduces tremendously. How can I keep the image quality same as the original image? Did I do something wrong here that have reduced the quality?

Answer 1

JPEG is lossy, no matter what quality settings you use. If you want to keep the image unchanged, you have to use lossless compression. for example Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG