I also suggest you try ByteBuffer.
byte[] bytes = {};
short[] shorts = new short[bytes.length/2];
// to turn bytes to shorts as either big endian or little endian.
ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).asShortBuffer().get(shorts);
// to turn shorts back to bytes.
byte[] bytes2 = new byte[shortsA.length * 2];
ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes2).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).asShortBuffer().put(shortsA);