diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/ShareActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/ShareActivity.java
index c3ba939e9..3d7006d58 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/ShareActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/ShareActivity.java
@@ -499,96 +499,23 @@ public class ShareActivity
      * function to provide pinch zoom
      */
     private void zoomImageFromThumb(final View thumbView, Uri imageuri ) {
-        // If there's an animation in progress, cancel it
-        // immediately and proceed with this one.
+        // If there's an animation in progress, cancel it immediately and proceed with this one.
         if (CurrentAnimator != null) {
             CurrentAnimator.cancel();
         }
         ViewUtil.hideKeyboard(ShareActivity.this.findViewById(R.id.titleEdit | R.id.descEdit));
         closeFABMenu();
         mainFab.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+
         InputStream input = null;
-        Bitmap scaled = null;
+
         try {
             input = this.getContentResolver().openInputStream(imageuri);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
-        BitmapRegionDecoder decoder = null;
-        try {
-            decoder = BitmapRegionDecoder.newInstance(input, false);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-        Bitmap bitmap = decoder.decodeRegion(new Rect(10, 10, 50, 50), null);
-        try {
-            //Compress the Image
-            System.gc();
-            Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
-            long maxMemory = rt.freeMemory();
-            bitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(this.getContentResolver(), imageuri);
-            int bitmapByteCount= BitmapCompat.getAllocationByteCount(bitmap);
-            long height = bitmap.getHeight();
-            long width = bitmap.getWidth();
-            long calHeight = (long) ((height * maxMemory)/(bitmapByteCount * 1.1));
-            long calWidth = (long) ((width * maxMemory)/(bitmapByteCount * 1.1));
-            scaled = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap,(int) Math.min(width,calWidth), (int) Math.min(height,calHeight), true);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-        } catch (NullPointerException e){
-            scaled = bitmap;
-        }
-        // Load the high-resolution "zoomed-in" image.
-        expandedImageView.setImageBitmap(scaled);
 
-
-
-        // Calculate the starting and ending bounds for the zoomed-in image.
-        // This step involves lots of math. Yay, math.
-        // The start bounds are the global visible rectangle of the thumbnail,
-        // and the final bounds are the global visible rectangle of the container
-        // view. Also set the container view's offset as the origin for the
-        // bounds, since that's the origin for the positioning animation
-        // properties (X, Y).
-        thumbView.getGlobalVisibleRect(startBounds);
-        flContainer.getGlobalVisibleRect(finalBounds, globalOffset);
-        startBounds.offset(-globalOffset.x, -globalOffset.y);
-        finalBounds.offset(-globalOffset.x, -globalOffset.y);
-
-        // Adjust the start bounds to be the same aspect ratio as the final
-        // bounds using the "center crop" technique. This prevents undesirable
-        // stretching during the animation. Also calculate the start scaling
-        // factor (the end scaling factor is always 1.0).
-       float startScale;
-        if ((float) finalBounds.width() / finalBounds.height()
-                > (float) startBounds.width() / startBounds.height()) {
-        // Extend start bounds horizontally
-            startScale = (float) startBounds.height() / finalBounds.height();
-            float startWidth = startScale * finalBounds.width();
-            float deltaWidth = (startWidth - startBounds.width()) / 2;
-            startBounds.left -= deltaWidth;
-            startBounds.right += deltaWidth;
-        } else {
-            // Extend start bounds vertically
-            startScale = (float) startBounds.width() / finalBounds.width();
-            float startHeight = startScale * finalBounds.height();
-            float deltaHeight = (startHeight - startBounds.height()) / 2;
-            startBounds.top -= deltaHeight;
-            startBounds.bottom += deltaHeight;
-        }
-
-        // Hide the thumbnail and show the zoomed-in view. When the animation
-        // begins, it will position the zoomed-in view in the place of the
-        // thumbnail.
-        thumbView.setAlpha(0f);
-        expandedImageView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
-        zoomOutButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
-        zoomInButton.setVisibility(View.GONE);
-
-        // Set the pivot point for SCALE_X and SCALE_Y transformations
-        // to the top-left corner of the zoomed-in view (the default
-        // is the center of the view).
-        expandedImageView.setPivotX(0f);
-        expandedImageView.setPivotY(0f);
+        ZoomUtils.zoomImageUtil(thumbView, startBounds, input);
 
         // Construct and run the parallel animation of the four translation and
         // scale properties (X, Y, SCALE_X, and SCALE_Y).