graphics/java/android/graphics/ImageFormat.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package android.graphics;

public class ImageFormat {
	/*
	 * these constants are chosen to be binary compatible with their previous
	 * location in PixelFormat.java
	 */

	public static final int UNKNOWN = 0;

	/**
	 * RGB format used for pictures encoded as RGB_565 see
	 * {@link android.hardware.Camera.Parameters#setPictureFormat(int)}.
	 */
	public static final int RGB_565 = 4;

	/**
	 * Planar 4:2:0 YCrCb format. This format assumes an horizontal stride of 16
	 * pixels for all planes and an implicit vertical stride of the image
	 * height's next multiple of two.
	 *   y_size = stride * ALIGN(height, 2)
	 *   c_size = ALIGN(stride/2, 16) * height
	 *   size = y_size + c_size * 2
	 *   cr_offset = y_size
	 *   cb_offset = y_size + c_size
	 * 
	 * Whether this format is supported by the camera hardware can be determined
	 * by
	 * {@link android.hardware.Camera.Parameters#getSupportedPreviewFormats()}.
	 */
	public static final int YV12 = 0x32315659;

	/**
	 * YCbCr format, used for video. Whether this format is supported by the
	 * camera hardware can be determined by
	 * {@link android.hardware.Camera.Parameters#getSupportedPreviewFormats()}.
	 */
	public static final int NV16 = 0x10;

	/**
	 * YCrCb format used for images, which uses the NV21 encoding format. This
	 * is the default format for camera preview images, when not otherwise set
	 * with {@link android.hardware.Camera.Parameters#setPreviewFormat(int)}.
	 */
	public static final int NV21 = 0x11;

	/**
	 * YCbCr format used for images, which uses YUYV (YUY2) encoding format.
	 * This is an alternative format for camera preview images. Whether this
	 * format is supported by the camera hardware can be determined by
	 * {@link android.hardware.Camera.Parameters#getSupportedPreviewFormats()}.
	 */
	public static final int YUY2 = 0x14;

	/**
	 * Encoded formats. These are not necessarily supported by the hardware.
	 */
	public static final int JPEG = 0x100;

	/**
	 * Use this function to retrieve the number of bits per pixel of an
	 * ImageFormat.
	 * 
	 * @param format
	 * @return the number of bits per pixel of the given format or -1 if the
	 *         format doesn't exist or is not supported.
	 */
	public static int getBitsPerPixel(int format) {
		switch (format) {
		case RGB_565:
			return 16;
		case NV16:
			return 16;
		case YUY2:
			return 16;
		case YV12:
			return 12;
		case NV21:
			return 12;
		}
		return -1;
	}
}