diff --git a/androidtest/src/com/google/zxing/client/androidtest/BenchmarkActivity.java b/androidtest/src/com/google/zxing/client/androidtest/BenchmarkActivity.java
index 3b4103653..8b13186e2 100755
--- a/androidtest/src/com/google/zxing/client/androidtest/BenchmarkActivity.java
+++ b/androidtest/src/com/google/zxing/client/androidtest/BenchmarkActivity.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public final class BenchmarkActivity extends Activity {
 
   private Button runBenchmarkButton;
   private TextView textView;
-  private BenchmarkThread benchmarkThread;
+  private Thread benchmarkThread;
 
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public final class BenchmarkActivity extends Activity {
       if (benchmarkThread == null) {
         runBenchmarkButton.setEnabled(false);
         textView.setText(R.string.benchmark_running);
-        benchmarkThread = new BenchmarkThread(BenchmarkActivity.this, PATH);
+        benchmarkThread = new Thread(new BenchmarkThread(BenchmarkActivity.this, PATH));
         benchmarkThread.start();
       }
     }
diff --git a/androidtest/src/com/google/zxing/client/androidtest/BenchmarkThread.java b/androidtest/src/com/google/zxing/client/androidtest/BenchmarkThread.java
index 8591c4867..7f5522791 100755
--- a/androidtest/src/com/google/zxing/client/androidtest/BenchmarkThread.java
+++ b/androidtest/src/com/google/zxing/client/androidtest/BenchmarkThread.java
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 
 package com.google.zxing.client.androidtest;
 
+import android.graphics.Bitmap;
+import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
 import com.google.zxing.BinaryBitmap;
 import com.google.zxing.MultiFormatReader;
+import com.google.zxing.RGBLuminanceSource;
 import com.google.zxing.ReaderException;
 import com.google.zxing.Result;
 import com.google.zxing.common.HybridBinarizer;
@@ -27,12 +30,11 @@ import android.os.Message;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
-final class BenchmarkThread extends Thread {
+final class BenchmarkThread implements Runnable {
 
   private static final String TAG = BenchmarkThread.class.getSimpleName();
   private static final int RUNS = 10;
@@ -78,14 +80,20 @@ final class BenchmarkThread extends Thread {
   }
 
   private BenchmarkItem decode(String path) {
-    RGBLuminanceSource source;
-    try {
-      source = new RGBLuminanceSource(path);
-    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-      Log.e(TAG, e.toString());
+
+    Bitmap imageBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path);
+    if (imageBitmap == null) {
+      Log.e(TAG, "Couldn't open " + path);
       return null;
     }
 
+    int width = imageBitmap.getWidth();
+    int height = imageBitmap.getHeight();
+    int[] pixels = new int[width * height];
+    imageBitmap.getPixels(pixels, 0, width, 0, 0, width, height);
+
+    RGBLuminanceSource source = new RGBLuminanceSource(width, height, pixels);
+
     BenchmarkItem item = new BenchmarkItem(path, RUNS);
     for (int x = 0; x < RUNS; x++) {
       boolean success;
diff --git a/androidtest/src/com/google/zxing/client/androidtest/RGBLuminanceSource.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/RGBLuminanceSource.java
similarity index 67%
rename from androidtest/src/com/google/zxing/client/androidtest/RGBLuminanceSource.java
rename to core/src/com/google/zxing/RGBLuminanceSource.java
index 5adaff87a..b6899e5b9 100644
--- a/androidtest/src/com/google/zxing/client/androidtest/RGBLuminanceSource.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/RGBLuminanceSource.java
@@ -14,18 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package com.google.zxing.client.androidtest;
-
-import com.google.zxing.LuminanceSource;
-
-import android.graphics.Bitmap;
-import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
-
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+package com.google.zxing;
 
 /**
  * This class is used to help decode images from files which arrive as RGB data from
- * Android bitmaps. It does not support cropping or rotation.
+ * an ARGB pixel array. It does not support cropping or rotation.
  *
  * @author dswitkin@google.com (Daniel Switkin)
  */
@@ -33,18 +26,8 @@ public final class RGBLuminanceSource extends LuminanceSource {
 
   private final byte[] luminances;
 
-  public RGBLuminanceSource(String path) throws FileNotFoundException {
-    this(loadBitmap(path));
-  }
-
-  public RGBLuminanceSource(Bitmap bitmap) {
-    super(bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap.getHeight());
-
-    int width = bitmap.getWidth();
-    int height = bitmap.getHeight();
-    int[] pixels = new int[width * height];
-    bitmap.getPixels(pixels, 0, width, 0, 0, width, height);
-
+  public RGBLuminanceSource(int width, int height, int[] pixels) {
+    super(width, height);
     // In order to measure pure decoding speed, we convert the entire image to a greyscale array
     // up front, which is the same as the Y channel of the YUVLuminanceSource in the real app.
     luminances = new byte[width * height];
@@ -80,19 +63,13 @@ public final class RGBLuminanceSource extends LuminanceSource {
     return row;
   }
 
-  // Since this class does not support cropping, the underlying byte array already contains
-  // exactly what the caller is asking for, so give it to them without a copy.
+  /**
+   * Since this class does not support cropping, the underlying byte array already contains
+   * exactly what the caller is asking for, so give it to them without a copy.
+   */
   @Override
   public byte[] getMatrix() {
     return luminances;
   }
 
-  private static Bitmap loadBitmap(String path) throws FileNotFoundException {
-    Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path);
-    if (bitmap == null) {
-      throw new FileNotFoundException("Couldn't open " + path);
-    }
-    return bitmap;
-  }
-
 }