how to compress an image in android

[Suzzane Pinto]

hi,
i want to compress an image and insert into database.
which compression technique should i use without loosing quality of my image....

[Pondurai Singh]

compress an image and save the image

BitmapFactory.Option imageOpts = new BitmapFactory.Options ();
imageOpts.inSampleSize = 2;   // for 1/2 the image to be loaded
Bitmap thumb = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap (BitmapFactory.decodeFile(photoPath, imageOpts), 96, 96, false);

For your reference
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Bitmap.html#createScaledBitmap%28android.graphics.Bitmap,%20int,%20int,%20boolean%29

[Tim Moores]

Lossless compression generally results in at most a 50% reduction in size - hardly worthwhile given the cost of hard disk storage these days.