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Bitmap myBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(picturePath); 
Bitmap resized = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(myBitmap, myBitmap.getWidth() / 2, myBitmap.getHeight() / 2, true); // TO AVOID OUT OF MEMORY FOR HIGH RESOLUTION PICTURE 
rotated_photo = rotateBitmap(resized)

public static Bitmap rotateBitmap(Bitmap bitmap) {

    ExifInterface exif = null;
    try {
        exif = new ExifInterface(bitmap);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }  
    int orientation = exif.getAttributeInt(ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION, 
                                           ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_UNDEFINED);
    Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
    switch (orientation) {
        case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_NORMAL:
            return bitmap;
        case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_FLIP_HORIZONTAL:
            matrix.setScale(-1, 1);
            break;
        case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_180:
            matrix.setRotate(180);
            break;
        case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_FLIP_VERTICAL:
            matrix.setRotate(180);
            matrix.postScale(-1, 1);
            break;
        case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_TRANSPOSE:
            matrix.setRotate(90);
            matrix.postScale(-1, 1);
            break;
       case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_90:
           matrix.setRotate(90);
           break;
       case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_TRANSVERSE:
           matrix.setRotate(-90);
           matrix.postScale(-1, 1);
           break;
       case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_270:
           matrix.setRotate(-90);
           break;
       default:
           return bitmap;
    }
    try {
        Bitmap bmRotated = Bitmap.createBitmap(bitmap, 0, 0, bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap.getHeight(), matrix, true);
        bitmap.recycle();
        return bmRotated;
    }
    catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        return null;
    }
}