Drawable image on a canvas

How can I get an image to the canvas in order to draw on that image?

The good way to draw a Drawable on a canvas is not decoding it yourself but leaving it to the system to do so:

Drawable d = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.foobar, null);
d.setBounds(left, top, right, bottom);
d.draw(canvas);

This will work with all kinds of drawables, not only bitmaps. And it also means that you can re-use that same drawable again if only the size changes.

You need to load your image as bitmap:

 Resources res = getResources();
 Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, R.drawable.your_image);

Then make the bitmap mutable and create a canvas over it:

Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap.copy(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888, true));

You then can draw on the canvas.

also you can use this way. it will change your big drawble fit to your canvas:

Resources res = getResources();
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, yourDrawable);
yourCanvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, 0, 0, yourPaint);

Drawable d = ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, R.drawable.***)
d.setBounds(left, top, right, bottom);
d.draw(canvas);

try this

Bitmap mBitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(Bitmap src, int dstWidth, int dstHeight, boolean filter);

protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
            canvas.drawColor(0xFFAAAAAA);
            canvas.drawBitmap(mBitmap, 0, 0, mBitmapPaint);
         
        }

package com.android.jigsawtest;

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
import android.view.SurfaceView;

public class SurafaceClass extends SurfaceView implements
		SurfaceHolder.Callback {
	Bitmap mBitmap;
Paint paint =new Paint();
	public SurafaceClass(Context context) {
		super(context);
		mBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.icon);
		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
	}

	@Override
	public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,
			int height) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

	}

	@Override
	public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

	}

	@Override
	public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

	}

	@Override
	protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
		canvas.drawColor(Color.BLACK);
		canvas.drawBitmap(mBitmap, 0, 0, paint);

	}

}

    

To preserve the aspect ratio of my vector drawable I did this:

val drawable = resources.getDrawable(R.drawable.my_vector, null)
val aspectRatio = drawable.intrinsicWidth.toFloat() / drawable.intrinsicHeight
val desiredWidthInPx = 100
val derivedHeightInPx = (desiredWidthInPx / aspectRatio).toInt()
drawable.setBounds(0, 0, desiredWidthInPx, derivedHeightInPx)
drawable.draw(canvas)