Compress image using AndroidX

Question

I'm using androidX to take a picture from the camera. As the quality of the image will depend on the camera , larger picture are taking longer time to upload to the server. So there a way for me to compress the image. Note: there is not bitmap and i do not want to convert it bitmap to compress it.

here is how i'm capturing the image.


    private void takePicture() {
        if (imageCapture != null) {
            ByteArrayOutputStream result = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            getCacheDir();
            imageCapture.takePicture(new ImageCapture.OutputFileOptions.Builder(result).build(),
                    Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(),
                    new ImageCapture.OnImageSavedCallback() {
                        @Override
                        public void onImageSaved(@NonNull ImageCapture.OutputFileResults outputFileResults) {
                            File cache = new File(getCacheDir().getAbsolutePath() + "/" + "captured.png" );
                            try (FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(cache)) {
                                stream.write(result.toByteArray());
                                uploadImage(cache);
                                finish();
                            } catch (Exception e) {
                                Log.e(TAG, "onImageSaved: Exception occurred", e);
                            }
                        }

                        @Override
                        public void onError(@NonNull ImageCaptureException exception) {
                            Log.i(TAG, "onError: ", exception);
                        }

                    });
        }
    }

what would be the best way to compress the image without sacrificing on quality.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 22 '22 at 06:53

I solved the issue by using the below code

 public File compressFile(File file, final int sizeRatio) {
        try {
            // BitmapFactory options to downsize the image
            BitmapFactory.Options o = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            o.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
            o.inSampleSize = 8;
            // factor of downsizing the image

            FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
            BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream, null, o);
            inputStream.close();

            // Find the correct scale value. It should be the power of 2.
            int scale = 1;
            while (o.outWidth / scale / 2 >= sizeRatio &&
                    o.outHeight / scale / 2 >= sizeRatio) {
                scale *= 2;
            }

            BitmapFactory.Options o2 = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            o2.inSampleSize = scale;

            inputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
            Bitmap selectedBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream, null, o2);
            inputStream.close();

            FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
            selectedBitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, outputStream);
            Log.i(TAG, "compressFile: size " + Files.size(file.toPath()) / 1024);
            return file;
        } catch (OutOfMemoryError | Exception e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "compressFile: exception during compressor ", e);
            return file;
        }
    }

reference :

Compress image using AndroidX

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