how to get byte from selected image file in android

Question

how to get byte from selected image file in android? Also to pass base64byte (not string) to function?

Marcelo Moya · Answer

two options 1. ByteBuffer dst= ByteBuffer.allocate(lnth); bit.copyPixelsToBuffer( dst); bytes=dst.array(); String a =bytes.toString(); 2. picView.setImageBitmap(thePic); ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); thePic.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG 100 out); byte[] bytes = out.toByteArray(); read Bitmap bit = null ; ByteArrayInputStream input; input = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes); bit= BitmapFactory.decodeStream(input);