[android-developers] Re: Bitmaps (.bmp) don't show up in 'Pictures' when on SDCard

[Gavin Aiken]

Thanks clark, I wasn't aware png was lossless, I changed the format and it
all works fine!

Cheers,

Gav

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:35 PM, clark <clarkd...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> The .png file format employs lossless data compression.  You may give
> that a try.  I even through a .png image onto my SD card and it shows
> up within the Pictures application just fine.
>
>
> ~Clark
>
> On Mar 7, 8:13 am, Gav <gav.ai...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > For the purpose of testing I need to store some small (20x20px)
> > bitmaps on the SDCard of the emulator.
> >
> > If I store the files in jpg format then media scanner picks them up
> > and I can view them with the stock 'Pictures' application.
> >
> > When I use the '.bmp' file format as created via the JAI based tool I
> > am testing, the files do not show up on the phone, a look at the file
> > explorer shows the files to be there next to their jpg equivalents on
> > the SDCard under the folder pictures.
> >
> > I mount the SDCard to add the files if it makes any difference.
> >
> > I need the files to be lossless ARGB_8888 format, is there something
> > other than .bmp I can use?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Gav
> >
>

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