File path = // ... location of your bitmap file
int w = 512; int h = 384; // size that does not lead to OutOfMemoryException on Nexus One
Bitmap b = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path);
// Hack to determine whether the image is rotated
boolean rotated = b.getWidth() > b.getHeight();
Bitmap resultBmp = null;
// If not rotated, just scale it
if (!rotated) {
resultBmp = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(b, w, h, true);
b.recycle();
b = null;
// If rotated, scale it by switching width and height and then rotated it
} else {
Bitmap scaledBmp = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(b, h, w, true);
b.recycle();
b = null;
Matrix mat = new Matrix();
mat.postRotate(90);
resultBmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(scaledBmp, 0, 0, h, w, mat, true);
// Release image resources
scaledBmp.recycle();
scaledBmp = null;
}
// resultBmp now contains the scaled and rotated image