R – Value Converter Without Binding On Image Source

This is a bit of a cheat but I just set a default style and then overrode it using a DataTrigger if the value is null...

  <Style> 
      <!-- Highlight for Reviewed (Default) -->
      <Setter Property="Control.Background" Value="PaleGreen" /> 
      <Style.Triggers>
        <!-- Highlight for Not Reviewed -->
        <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=REVIEWEDBY}" Value="{x:Null}">
          <Setter Property="Control.Background" Value="LightIndianRed" />
        </DataTrigger>
      </Style.Triggers>
  </Style>

To fix the OutOfMemory error, you should do something like this:

BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inSampleSize = 8;
Bitmap preview_bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is, null, options);

This inSampleSize option reduces memory consumption.

Here's a complete method. First it reads image size without decoding the content itself. Then it finds the best inSampleSize value, it should be a power of 2, and finally the image is decoded.

// Decodes image and scales it to reduce memory consumption
private Bitmap decodeFile(File f) {
    try {
        // Decode image size
        BitmapFactory.Options o = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        o.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
        BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FileInputStream(f), null, o);

        // The new size we want to scale to
        final int REQUIRED_SIZE=70;

        // Find the correct scale value. It should be the power of 2.
        int scale = 1;
        while(o.outWidth / scale / 2 >= REQUIRED_SIZE && 
              o.outHeight / scale / 2 >= REQUIRED_SIZE) {
            scale *= 2;
        }

        // Decode with inSampleSize
        BitmapFactory.Options o2 = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        o2.inSampleSize = scale;
        return BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FileInputStream(f), null, o2);
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {}
    return null;
}