Creating bitmap texture2d during runtime

Hey All,

I have a need that my image will be downloaded to the application during runtime outside of the Application.dataPath (Assets folder) in bmp format. Using which I need to create my texture2D during run time. I am able to do this if the image is a png or jpg but not for a bitmap image. I am restricted to the fact that this image is going to be of bitmap format.

For JPG or Png I am able to create runtime texture2D using the following code

         CreateRunTimeTexture(string fileName)
         {
             byte[] pngBytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(fileName);
             Texture2D pngTexture = new Texture2D(74, 74, TextureFormat.RGB24, false);
             pngTexture.LoadImage(pngBytes);
         }

Since UnityEditor is able to handle bitmap images I believe what am trying to do is possible. Any help is much appreciated.

Code example pointed above is to show how am doing for png/jpg. If bitmap needs to be done through someother fashion thats is fine. Currently am not able to process the bitmap bytes properly to achieve the result I am looking for.

One hack suggested to me was to use a program during runtime to convert bmp to png and then load them in to texture and then delete the png. I am able to do this but if bmp could be directly loaded it would be great.