How to fix the error “only mutable bitmaps may be reconfigured” – convert immutable bitmap to a mutable bitmap in Android App?

This video shows the steps to convert an immutable bitmap image to mutable bitmap image in Android App code. It uses below 2 approaches to do the conversion:
– Bitmap.createScaledBitmap API
– bitmap.copy API

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Complete source code and other details:

package com.programmerworld.immutabletomutablebitmap;

import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import java.net.URL;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private TextView textView;
    private ImageView imageView;
    private URL url;
    private Bitmap bitmap;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        textView = findViewById(R.id.textView);
        imageView = findViewById(R.id.imageView);

        Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    url = new URL("https://i0.wp.com/programmerworld.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/flower.png?w=977&ssl=1");
                    bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(url.openStream());

                } catch (Exception e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
        });
        thread.start();
    }

    public void buttonImmutableBitmap(View view){
        imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
        textView.setText("Bitmap  is Mutable: " + Boolean.toString(bitmap.isMutable()));
    }

    public void buttonConvertToMutable1(View view){
        Bitmap bitmapMutableImage = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap,
                imageView.getWidth(),
                imageView.getHeight(),
                true);
        imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmapMutableImage);
        textView.setText("Bitmap  is Mutable: " + Boolean.toString(bitmapMutableImage.isMutable()));
    }

    public void buttonConvertToMutable2(View view){
        Bitmap bitmapMutableImage = bitmap.copy(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888, true);
        imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmapMutableImage);
        textView.setText("Bitmap  is Mutable: " + Boolean.toString(bitmapMutableImage.isMutable()));
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
        android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.ImmutableToMutableBitmap"
        tools:targetApi="31">
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:exported="true">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World!"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.47"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.346" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="120dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="32dp"
        android:onClick="buttonImmutableBitmap"
        android:text="Immutable Bitmap"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="31dp"
        android:onClick="buttonConvertToMutable1"
        android:text="Convert to Mutable Bitmap 1"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/button" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button3"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="176dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
        android:onClick="buttonConvertToMutable2"
        android:text="Convert to Mutable Bitmap 2"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/button2" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView"
        android:layout_width="358dp"
        android:layout_height="264dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="28dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="53dp"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_launcher_background" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Image referred in this demonstration:

https://i0.wp.com/programmerworld.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/flower.png?w=977&ssl=1

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