BitmapFactory.decodeStream returning null when options are set

Question

I'm having issues with BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream). When using it without options, it will return an image. But when I use it with options as in .decodeStream(inputStream, null, options) it never returns Bitmaps.

What I'm trying to do is to downsample a Bitmap before I actually load it to save memory. I've read some good guides, but none using .decodeStream.

• Handling large Bitmaps

• And here

• Image Processing in Android

WORKS JUST FINE

URL url = new URL(sUrl);
HttpURLConnection connection  = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();
Bitmap img = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is, null, options);

DOESN'T WORK

InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();
Bitmap img = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is, null, options);

InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();

Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;

BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is, null, options);

Boolean scaleByHeight = Math.abs(options.outHeight - TARGET_HEIGHT) >= Math.abs(options.outWidth - TARGET_WIDTH);

if (options.outHeight * options.outWidth * 2 >= 200*100*2){
    // Load, scaling to smallest power of 2 that'll get it <= desired dimensions
    double sampleSize = scaleByHeight
    ? options.outHeight / TARGET_HEIGHT
    : options.outWidth / TARGET_WIDTH;
    options.inSampleSize =
        (int)Math.pow(2d, Math.floor(
        Math.log(sampleSize)/Math.log(2d)));
}

// Do the actual decoding
options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
Bitmap img = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is, null, options);

Answer 1

The problem was that once you've used an InputStream from a HttpUrlConnection to fetch image metadata, you can't rewind and use the same InputStream again.

Therefore you have to create a new InputStream for the actual sampling of the image.

  Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
  options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;

  BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is, null, options);

  Boolean scaleByHeight = Math.abs(options.outHeight - TARGET_HEIGHT) >= Math.abs(options.outWidth - TARGET_WIDTH);

  if(options.outHeight * options.outWidth * 2 >= 200*200*2){
         // Load, scaling to smallest power of 2 that'll get it <= desired dimensions
        double sampleSize = scaleByHeight
              ? options.outHeight / TARGET_HEIGHT
              : options.outWidth / TARGET_WIDTH;
        options.inSampleSize = 
              (int)Math.pow(2d, Math.floor(
              Math.log(sampleSize)/Math.log(2d)));
     }

        // Do the actual decoding
        options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;

        is.close();
        is = getHTTPConnectionInputStream(sUrl);
        Bitmap img = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is, null, options);
        is.close();