Android mutable bitmap

android bitmap immutability mutable
Buda Gavril picture Buda Gavril · Mar 11, 2011 · Viewed 17.9k times · Source

Can someone please explain to me what a mutable bitmap is? What advantages/disadvantages or what limitations do mutable and immutable bitmaps have?

Answer

android developer picture android developer · Aug 24, 2013

It's about the same difference as with String vs StringBuilder - String is immutable so you can't change its content (well at least not without any hacks), while for StringBuilder you can change its content.

In order to convert an immutable bitmap to a mutable one, check out this post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16314940/878126.

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