Simple Image Scaling Demo in Android

This article shows how you can do simple image scaling in Android.

Here I have a simple class that Scales the image.

The Utility class

package pinch_zoom_demo.coderzheaven.com.pinchtozoomdemo;

import android.view.ScaleGestureDetector;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class ImageScaler
        extends ScaleGestureDetector.SimpleOnScaleGestureListener {

    TextView scaleDataMsg;
    ImageView myImage;

    float factor;

    public ImageScaler(TextView v, ImageView iv) {
        super();
        scaleDataMsg = v;
        myImage = iv;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onScaleBegin(ScaleGestureDetector detector) {
        factor = 1.0f;
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onScale(ScaleGestureDetector detector) {

        float scaleFactor = detector.getScaleFactor() - 1;
        factor += scaleFactor;
        scaleDataMsg.setText(String.valueOf(scaleFactor)
                + "\n" + String.valueOf(factor));
        myImage.setScaleX(factor);
        myImage.setScaleY(factor);
        return true;
    }
}

Layout

The layout which shows the image for scaling.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:padding="16dp">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/scaleDataMsg"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/myImage"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/android" />
</LinearLayout>

Set the above xml as layout for the Activity.

Activity

package pinch_zoom_demo.coderzheaven.com.pinchtozoomdemo;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.ScaleGestureDetector;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private TextView scaleDataMsg;
    private ImageView myImage;

    private ScaleGestureDetector scaleGestureDetector;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        scaleDataMsg = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.scaleDataMsg);
        myImage = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.myImage);

        scaleGestureDetector = new ScaleGestureDetector(
                this, new ImageScaler(scaleDataMsg, myImage));
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
        scaleGestureDetector.onTouchEvent(event);
        return true;
    }

}

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