Thumbnail scaling for Android notfications

gistfile1.java

public class NotificationThumbnailHelper {

    private float targetWidth;
    private float targetHeight;

    public NotificationThumbnailHelper(Context context) {
        targetWidth = getTargetWidth(context);
        targetHeight = getTargetHeight(context);
    }

    public Bitmap scaleBitmap(Bitmap input) {
        if (input.getWidth() >= input.getHeight()) {
            return scaleLandscapeThumbnail(input);
        } else {
            return scalePortraitThumbnail(input);
        }
    }

    private Bitmap scaleLandscapeThumbnail(Bitmap input) {
        float scale = targetHeight / input.getHeight();
        int scaledWidth = (int) (input.getWidth() * scale);

        Bitmap scaled = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(input, scaledWidth, (int) targetHeight, true);
        input.recycle();
        return scaled;
    }

    private Bitmap scalePortraitThumbnail(Bitmap input) {
        float scale = targetWidth / input.getWidth();
        int scaledHeight = (int) (input.getHeight() * scale);

        Bitmap scaled = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(input, (int) targetWidth, scaledHeight, true);
        input.recycle();
        return scaled;
    }

    private float getTargetWidth(Context context) {
        return context.getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.notification_large_icon_width);
    }

    private float getTargetHeight(Context context) {
        return context.getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.notification_large_icon_height);
    }

}

A word of caution might be needed here: the input.recycle() means you have to create new Bitmaps when you want to use them in a Notification, because if you try to reuse for example some graphics you've got in your memcache you'll have them invalidated (and that's something you most likely don't want to do!)

Yeah. Absolutely. This code was based on an assumption that the input Bitmap is throw-away. Thanks for making that clear!