Android :: Loading Images As Drawable Objects From URL
Jul 30, 2010
I am presently using the following piece of code to load in images as drawable objects form a URL.
Drawable drawable_from_url(String url, String src_name) throws java.net.MalformedURLException, java.io.IOException { return Drawable.createFromStream(((java.io.InputStream)new java.net.URL(url).getContent()), src_name); }
This code works exactly as wanted, but there appears to be compatibility problems with it. In version 1.5, it throws a FileNotFoundException when I give it a URL. In 2.2, given the exact same URL, it works fine. The following URL is an sample input I am giving this function.
http://bks6.books.google.com/books?id=aH7BPTrwNXUC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&sig=ACfU3U2aQRnAX2o2ny2xFC1GmVn22almpg
How would I load in images in a way that is compatible across the board from a URL?
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Oct 18, 2010
I recently rebuilt my project to target 2.2 from 2.1. In the old project, I did not specify a target SDK (the manifest did not contain something like:
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />).
This gave me an error in the console when running, but everything worked fine so I didn't fool with it.
The new project now uses <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" /> in the manifest. But now my drawables from the /drawable-nodpi/ folder are loading with scaling, making them much smaller and significantly changing the desired visuals. If I cut out the <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" /> tag from my manifest, they load properly without scaling.
Even when loading my images like so:
BitmapFactory.Options opts = new BitmapFactory.Options();
opts.inScaled = false; Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(_resources, resId, opts);
They are still scaled when I declare the minimum SDK in the manifest, but not scaled if I remove that tag. How can I load them without scaling while still declaring the minimum SDK?
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Oct 8, 2010
I have a PNG file that is 32x32 pixels. I use 8 of these as drawables in a row for my app. These drawables are not in the hdpi, mdpi, or ldpi folders. I've found that when starting any of the 3 standard size emulators, the screen view with all 8 drawables looks pretty much the same.
I note that the ldpi emulator I'm using (QVGA) has a resolution of 240x320. 8 x 32 = 256, so since I can see all my drawables (and space in-between) I'm betting something is changing their size.
I've read the Supporting Multiple Screens document at the Android developers page, but I still don't understand what is actually happening. Could you put your own words to explain what is happening to the size of my drawables and how the SDK knows to automatically modify them?
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Apr 29, 2010
I have set up my project with different drawable directories (ldpi, mdpi and hdpi). I have a background png with two different resolutions: 320x480 in drawable-mdpi folder, and 480x800 in drawable-hdpi. Both have the same filename. When I try to load the background as a style in the manifest (using android:windowBackground in the style) if I use the emulator for a 1.6 device, I get the correct one loaded(mdpi). However, if I try this on my Nexus, I see that at first the correct background from the hdpi folder is loaded, but it quickly switches to the mdpi one. I have tried also to set up the background in the layout xml file (android:src=...) but in this case only the mdpi one is loaded. If I delete the mdpi version, everything is loaded ok. Any idea on what is the problem?
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Oct 3, 2010
When i have an ImageButton and a drawable and i want to do something like the Drawer or Twitter where when i press the button and the corner of the image is highlighted over the edge, in drawer its yellow, in twitter its white. Like the one below.How do i set my drawable without using a lot of images?
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Dec 15, 2009
Android framework has variety of icons and images - accessible as R.drawable.* - that can be used by applications for common tasks. Their names give some hint about what they are, but in many cases that's not sufficient. One has to use trial-n-error to find the right icon that fits one's purpose.
My question: Is there a way where I can preview all these images in one place, so that I can quickly decide which ones to use? I have looked inside android source code, but couldn't locate the root of these drawables.
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Jun 2, 2010
I read about in the google documents that the 3 folders corresponds to different screen types and that android would select the image from different folders automatically according to the screen type. I read that WVGA will load from drawable-hdpi and HVGA will load from drawable-mdpi. When I tested with 2 emulators both running 2.1, each with HVGA and WVGA. It turns out that they are both reading the image in mdpi. If I deleted the image in mdpi then they read from hdpi. Can someone answer why emulator with WVGA is reading from drawable- mdpi?
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Mar 25, 2010
I am getting an error from Eclipse when I use this xml file (res / drawable/btnswitch.xml) to designate different button conditions
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/btn_st_rd" />
<!-- pressed --> <item android:state_focused="true"
android:drawable="@drawable/btn_st_gr" /> <!-- focused --> <item android:drawable="@drawable/btn_st_gr" /> <!-- default --> </selector>
I call it in my layout file with this code:
<Button android:id="@+id/startTimer_btn" android:src="@drawable/btnswitch"" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
Eclipse says it can't run the configuration because I have errors but does not show any errors. And when I remove the xml code (to go back to my original code which just sets a background image for the Button) it says that now has errors. I have to restart Eclipse to get the original code to run again.
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Jul 16, 2010
I was working on Android 1.5, but now moved to the latest version. So there is only "drawable" folder in Android 1.5, but now There are 3 different folder for storing images in android project. And as i have found some articles for these 3 folders that
hdpi means High-dpi
mdpi means medium-dpi
ldpi means low-dpi
But still in confusion that what is the exact purpose of these 3 folders and when to use particular folder to store images in that?
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Jul 22, 2010
I try to save a unique image to each object but I get this error, how should the constructor look for it to work that way? The constructor Beer(String, int, int) is undefined
m_beer = new ArrayList<Beer>();
final Beer b1 = new Beer("Tuborg", 7, R.drawable.tuborg);
final Beer b2 = new Beer("Carlsberg", 7, R.drawable.carlsberg);
final Beer b3 = new Beer("Urquel", 9, R.drawable.urquel);
public class Beer { //Members private String name;
private int color; //1 = Very dark 10 = Very light private R.drawable icon;
//Methods public Beer(String name, int color, R.drawable icon) {
this.name = name; this.color = color; this.icon = icon;
} public String getName() { return name;
} public void setName(String name) { this.name = name;
} public int getColor() { return this.color;
} public void setColor(int color) { this.color = color;
} public R.drawable getIcon() { return icon;
} }
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Sep 28, 2010
I have some images (.png format) that I use as drawables on the surface of canvas in my android app. The problem I have is mspaint only allows a rectangular image file, so whatever I draw on the screen always shows up in a box. Is there a (free) program or way I can edit the png files so that when they are drawn on the surface of my canvas, they are drawn to shape?
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Feb 16, 2010
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May 28, 2010
Can I have sub-folders to hold my drawable resources. For example can I store an image in, say, 'res/drawable/content/images/myimage.jpg' and then find that resource via a call to:
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I have tried this and it doesn't seem to be working (but I may have something wrong). Is it supposed to work or do all the resources need to be in the root drawable folder? Also, are jpeg files supported and drawable resources?
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Are the images in android.R.drawable considered safe for third-party developers to use?
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How would I edit this tutorial so that it will grab images from the SD card? code...
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Nov 20, 2010
I Know this question has been asked and answered but i have a different problem. I have a app out right now that wont load images that are higher than 5mp but loads smaller ones. Im not sure if its 5mp or over 1mb, Im pretty sure its mp though, I have tested. How can I load pictures that are all sizes? My code is below, Please help, please post code not links, of must to links then links to code that can help.
Downloading The Image
CODE:...............
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In my app I am downloading images from a remote server and putting it into a gallery and displaying it. The problem is that when i do it on the emulator it works absolutely fine but when i do it on the phone few of the images come and a few are null. I tried many ways but I am not able to find the perfect way. The images on my server are of 50 kb max. But still some are downloaded and rest are not. it would be really great if someone could help me asap coz i need to make this app live by this weekend.
Here is the code snippet to download the images from the server.
CODE:.........
Also is there any other way of loading the images in a seperate thread like it happens in the android market.
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In my app I need to download a lot of images for data in a ListView. I do lazy loading and it works rather fast, but still there is a 1-3 secs delay before the first image shows up. My research in the delay shows that the data transfer takes 50% of the time.
Now, I believe that If I could do incremental loading of the images, I would be able to show half an image after just 75% of the delay, which is quite good.
I use Drawable.createFromStream which uses BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream internally. But even though it takes a stream, it doesn't paint anything before all data is downloaded and decoded.
Do you know a way to load and paint images incrementally with the default Android lib? Or perhaps a good independent one out there?
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I am stuck in an peculiar scenario, while developin an app in android.
My app, downloads image from internet and populates the same in a thumbnail format in the application.
As i am not aware of the number of picture's/thumbnails at design time, i am creating image view controls dynamically by using the below mentioned code.
CODE:...................
But in this scenario, all my images gets overlapped with each other. Wherein i want 3 images to be displayed on each row, which i am able to achieve through xml.
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Code...
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eg.
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img src="file:///android_asset/calendar-date-icon.png">
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I have tried to scale the image but it has no effect.
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
{
ImageView imView = (ImageView)rowView.findViewById(R.id.product_thumb nail);
ImageView imProduct = (ImageView)rowView.findViewById(R.id.product_icon) ;
tvName.setText((CharSequence) values.get(position).getName());
[Code]...
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