diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 55848001e4c96..a174e6664aa34 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -15784,6 +15784,7 @@ package android.graphics.drawable {
     method public final boolean isAutoMirrored();
     method public void setAlpha(int);
     method public void setAntiAlias(boolean);
+    method public void setBitmap(@Nullable android.graphics.Bitmap);
     method public void setColorFilter(android.graphics.ColorFilter);
     method public void setDither(boolean);
     method public void setGravity(int);
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/BitmapDrawable.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/BitmapDrawable.java
index 4e768c9eddfb9..0c04d3f5f7ee8 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/BitmapDrawable.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/BitmapDrawable.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package android.graphics.drawable;
 
 import android.annotation.NonNull;
+import android.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.compat.annotation.UnsupportedAppUsage;
 import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo.Config;
 import android.content.res.ColorStateList;
@@ -239,9 +240,10 @@ public class BitmapDrawable extends Drawable {
         }
     }
 
-    /** @hide */
-    @UnsupportedAppUsage
-    public void setBitmap(Bitmap bitmap) {
+    /**
+     * Switch to a new Bitmap object.
+     */
+    public void setBitmap(@Nullable Bitmap bitmap) {
         if (mBitmapState.mBitmap != bitmap) {
             mBitmapState.mBitmap = bitmap;
             computeBitmapSize();