Low performance when converting Blob to Bitmap

Question

I’m using the following code :

BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            options.inSampleSize = 4;
            bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(blob.getBinaryStream(), null, options);

The problem is that it takes longer than downloading the data itself! Is there any faster way to convert , or at least a 'Blobview'' ?

Answer 1

I don’t know if it’s faster, but I’ve always used this form:

 byte[] byteArray = cursor.getBlob(columIndex);
 Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(byteArray, 0 ,byteArray.length);

And I never had a problem with performance.