How to set a bitmap from resource

Question

Assuming you are calling this in an Activity class

Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.image);

The first parameter, Resources, is required. It is normally obtainable in any Context (and subclasses like Activity).

Try this

This is from sdcard

ImageView image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.test_image);
Bitmap bMap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile("/sdcard/test2.png");
image.setImageBitmap(bMap);

This is from resources

Bitmap bMap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.icon);

If the resource is showing and is a view, you can also capture it. Like a screenshot:

View rootView = ((View) findViewById(R.id.yourView)).getRootView();
rootView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
rootView.layout(0, 0, rootView.getWidth(), rootView.getHeight());
rootView.buildDrawingCache();

Bitmap bm = Bitmap.createBitmap(rootView.getDrawingCache());

rootView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);

This actually grabs the whole layout but you can alter as you wish.

If you have declare a bitmap object and you want to display it or store this bitmap object. but first you have to assign any image , and you may use the button click event, this code will only demonstrate that how to store the drawable image in bitmap Object.

Bitmap contact_pic = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(
                           v.getContext().getResources(),
                           R.drawable.android_logo
                     );

Now you can use this bitmap object, whether you want to store it, or to use it in google maps while drawing a pic on fixed latitude and longitude, or to use some where else