How to store images using SharedPreference in android?

All you have to do is, convert your image to it's Base64 string representation:

Bitmap realImage = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(stream);
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
realImage.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, baos);   
byte[] b = baos.toByteArray(); 

String encodedImage = Base64.encodeToString(b, Base64.DEFAULT);
textEncode.setText(encodedImage);

SharedPreferences shre = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
Editor edit=shre.edit();
edit.putString("image_data",encodedImage);
edit.commit();

and then, when retrieving, convert it back into bitmap:

SharedPreferences shre = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
String previouslyEncodedImage = shre.getString("image_data", "");

if( !previouslyEncodedImage.equalsIgnoreCase("") ){
    byte[] b = Base64.decode(previouslyEncodedImage, Base64.DEFAULT);
    Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(b, 0, b.length);
    imageConvertResult.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
}

However, I have to tell you that Base64 support is only recently included in API8. To target on lower API version, you need to add it first. Luckily, this guy already have the needed tutorial.

Also, I've created quick and dirty example on github.


Its not recommended to store image in Share preferences And you should store that image to sdcard.And then store image path (from sdcard) into Share preferences like this--

    SharedPreferences shre = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
    Editor edit=shre.edit();
    edit.putString("imagepath","/sdcard/imh.jpeg");
    edit.commit();

and then fetch image from sdcard by using this path