converting drawable resource image into bitmap

android bitmap
tyczj picture tyczj · Jan 3, 2012 · Viewed 219.9k times · Source

I am trying to use the Notification.Builder.setLargeIcon(bitmap) that takes a bitmap image. I have the image I want to use in my drawable folder so how do I convert that to bitmap?

Answer

poitroae picture poitroae · Jan 3, 2012

You probably mean Notification.Builder.setLargeIcon(Bitmap), right? :)

Bitmap largeIcon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.large_icon);
notBuilder.setLargeIcon(largeIcon);

This is a great method of converting resource images into Android Bitmaps.

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