[android-developers] Re: Bitmaps (.bmp) don't show up in 'Pictures' when on SDCard
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_ format, is there something other than .bmp I can use? Kind regards, Gav --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Bitmaps (.bmp) don't show up in 'Pictures' when on SDCard
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_ format, is there something other than .bmp I can use? Kind regards, Gav --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---