How to save image file in BMP format?

Question

the following code compress my image or it is not a BMP file:

FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(imagefile);

bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, fos);
fos.flush();
fos.close();

How can I save my image in BMP format?

Answer 1

There's no built-in encoder for BMP according to this reference. BMP not being an overly complex format, it probably wouldn't be rocket science to write/find a Java implementation.