How to pass the dynamic path of a drawable to BitmapFactory.decoreResource()'s 2nd parameter

Question

I'm trying to implement Bitmap memeCanvas = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), xxx).copy(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888, true); to draw on the images that I upload from my phone to my ImageView. Because I don't have a specific drawable path like R.drawable.hypotheticalImage, I don't know how to pass the same information for a drawable path that is dynamic as the 2nd parameter of BitmapFactory.decodeResource().

I can supply code per request.

Answer 1

This is my solution. I had to call getContext() to be able to access getContentResolver() and wrap the entire thing in a try-catch block.

Bitmap memeCanvas = null;
        try {
            memeCanvas = BitmapFactory
                    .decodeStream(getContext()
                            .getContentResolver()
                            .openInputStream(imageUri))
                    .copy(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888, true);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }