Resizing Bitmaps

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public Bitmap getResizedBitmap(Bitmap bm, int newHeight, int newWidth) {

        int width = bm.getWidth();

        int height = bm.getHeight();

        float scaleWidth = ((float) newWidth) / width;

        float scaleHeight = ((float) newHeight) / height;

// CREATE A MATRIX FOR THE MANIPULATION

        Matrix matrix = new Matrix();

// RESIZE THE BIT MAP

        matrix.postScale(scaleWidth, scaleHeight);

// RECREATE THE NEW BITMAP

        Bitmap resizedBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(bm, 0, 0, width, height, matrix, false);

        return resizedBitmap;

    }