some common usefull convertings.
Convert Drawable to bitmap:

Bitmap icon= BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),                    R.drawable.icon_resource);

Convert Bitmap to drawable:

Drawable d =new BitmapDrawable(bitmap);

Convert imageview to bitmap:

ImageView image=new ImageView(context); Bitmap viewBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(i.getWidth(),i.getHeight(),Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);//i is imageview which u want to convert in bitmapCanvas canvas = new Canvas(viewBitmap); image.draw(canvas);

Convert List to String[]:

static String[] convert(List<String[]> from) {        ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();        for (String[] strings : from) {            Collections.addAll(list, strings);        }        return list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);    }

Convert seconds to date time string:

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy HH:mm");String dateString = formatter.format(new Date(seconds * 1000L));