Is it possible to create an array of Bitmap in android

I wanna create an bitmap array. Is it possible? If yes, which is the way to declare the Bitmap ar开发者_JAVA百科ray. and how to initialize it?

Thank you

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You could use an Arraylist :

ArrayList<Bitmap> bitmapArray = new ArrayList<Bitmap>();
bitmapArray.add(myBitMap); // Add a bitmap
bitmapArray.get(0); // Get first bitmap

or simply an Array of bitmap like :

Bitmap[] bitmapArray = new Bitmap[];

Nevertheless be careful with the size of your image. You will probably have some trouble if you try to store lot of big image.

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Yes it is possible, If bitmap1 and bitmap2 are objects of bitmap. I can assign them to an array as follows.

Bitmap bitmap1 = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.a_thumb);//assign your bitmap;
        Bitmap bitmap2 = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.anotherimage);//assign your bitmap;
        Bitmap[] arrayOfBitmap = {bitmap1, bitmap2};

Thanks Deepak

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Just like any array, for example:

Bitmap[] bitmaps = new Bitmap[] { BitmapFactory.decodeResource(...) /* etc. */ }

There is nothing special in the fact that the objects in array are Bitmaps.

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You can make bitmap aaray in android like this,

byte[] bMapArray= new byte[buf.available()];
            buf.read(bMapArray);
            Bitmap bMap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(bMapArray, 0, bMapArray.length);
            image.setImageBitmap(bMap);

Use this android developer documentation for details.

Use this too

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All the above/below solutions are possible but a common case is actually using a HashMap as it is the case with Image Downloaders and async bitmap loaders.

A Bitmap is an object as may others (String arrays, Integer arrays etc...) so you might modify those methods you find also for storing bitmap arrays.