Java Android Eclipse - Resize/Scale image from directory storage -

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i have string this

string path = "storage/sdcard0/pictures/location/img.jpg"; 

that string location file img.jpg. how can scale/resize image. thanks..

/*  * resizing image size  */ public static bitmap decodefile(string filepath, int width, int hight) {     try {          file f = new file(filepath);          bitmapfactory.options o = new bitmapfactory.options();         o.injustdecodebounds = true;         bitmapfactory.decodestream(new fileinputstream(f), null, o);          final int required_width = width;         final int required_hight = hight;         int scale = 1;         while (o.outwidth / scale / 2 >= required_width                 && o.outheight / scale / 2 >= required_hight)             scale *= 2;          bitmapfactory.options o2 = new bitmapfactory.options();         o2.insamplesize = scale;         return bitmapfactory.decodestream(new fileinputstream(f), null, o2);     } catch (filenotfoundexception e) {         e.printstacktrace();     }     return null;  }     bitmap image = decodefile(_filepaths.get(position), imagewidth, imageheight);      imageview.setscaletype(imageview.scaletype.center_crop);     imageview.setlayoutparams(new gridview.layoutparams(imagewidth,             imagewidth));    imageview.setimagebitmap(image);