private ByteArrayOutputStream convertBitmapToBytes() {
try {
ByteArrayOutputStream b = new ByteArrayOutputStream(4096);
b.write(Serializer.serialize(mData));
// this is the scaled bitmap
// TODO: recycled bitmaps cannot be compressed! How to handle this?
if (mData.getBitmap() != null && DO_USE_RECYCLE) {
mData.getBitmap().recycle();
}
return b;
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
public SerializingRunnable(Bitmap b, Handler h) {
mHandler = h;
mData = new SearchPredictData();
mData.setBitmap(b);
}