Rotating Image on A canvas in android

You have to rotate the canvas first and then draw whatever you want. Then the object drawn will be appeared as rotated on screen.

canvas.rotate(45); // degrees to rotate

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Check this tutorial you will get information about how to draw bitmap and how to rotate canvas

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You can either rotate your bitmap when you draw it by using a matrix:

Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
matrix.setRotate(angle, imageCenterX, imageCenterY);
yourCanvas.drawBitmap(yourBitmap, matrix, null);

You can also do it by rotating the canvas before drawing:

yourCanvas.save(Canvas.MATRIX_SAVE_FLAG); //Saving the canvas and later restoring it so only this image will be rotated.
yourCanvas.rotate(-angle);
yourCanvas.drawBitmap(yourBitmap, left, top, null);
yourCanvas.restore();

Pick the one that suits you the best.