This example represents a JPEG file saved with "mypic" as its name, stored in the Pictures directory on the user's SD card. Create a Bitmap object. Declare a Bitmap object for your loaded image.

The idea of bitmap—images composed of discrete squares of solid colour—and resolution and texture mapping, and a slew of other strategies used in computer graphics were all cherry-picked from ...

images. A bitmap (map of bits) is a file format used to store digital images. Bitmap images are organised as a grid of coloured squares called pixels.