Apps Programmatically edit images for puzzle usage

[olijf]

hi all,

I'm making a sliding puzzle ( 3x3/4x4/5x5 with the lower-right corner cut out ). however I can't figure out where to start with programmatically cutting images ( which will be loaded from own gallery in sdcard or database from app ) in the puzzle pieces.
I've been looking over the internet and nothing really helped me.

Question: The best way to cut up this image and store it in a new database ( and still will be able to slide them). Just a push in the right direction would be appreciated.

Thanks in Advance,
~Olijf

P.S. this is what I posted earlier, and I gotta admit it was to big of a question.
http://androidforums.com/developer-101/633071-auto-generated-puzzles.html

 

[jonbonazza]

Check out this static method of the Bitmap class:
createBitmap