I have a PNG file that I want to use for an overlay - however, this file has to be mirrored (and rotated by 180°), but in order to save space, I don't want to place the mirrored file in the apk, but do this action programmatically.
How can I do this with Froyo and above?
Scaling by -1.0 causes the image to be flipped. Assuming bmp is the bitmap you want to mirror (here on the x axis) you can do :
Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
matrix.preScale(-1.0f, 1.0f);
Bitmap mirroredBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(bmp, 0, 0, bmp.width(), bmp.height(), matrix, false);
If you don't want to create a second bitmap, you can do the same with canvas.scale :
canvas.save();
canvas.scale(-1.0f, 1.0f);
canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, ...); // The bitmap is flipped
canvas.restore();