Show Image View from file path?

Question

I need to show an image by using the file name only, not from the resource id.

ImageView imgView = new ImageView(this);
imgView.setBackgroundResource(R.drawa         


        

Answer 1

From the official site: http://developer.android.com/training/displaying-bitmaps/load-bitmap.html

ImageView image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imagePreview);           
try {
    image.setImageBitmap(decodeSampledBitmap(picFilename));
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Here the methods:

    private int calculateInSampleSize(
            BitmapFactory.Options options, int reqWidth, int reqHeight) {
        // Raw height and width of image
        final int height = options.outHeight;
        final int width = options.outWidth;
        int inSampleSize = 1;

        if (height > reqHeight || width > reqWidth) {

            final int halfHeight = height / 2;
            final int halfWidth = width / 2;

            // Calculate the largest inSampleSize value that is a power of 2 and keeps both
            // height and width larger than the requested height and width.
            while ((halfHeight / inSampleSize) > reqHeight
                    && (halfWidth / inSampleSize) > reqWidth) {
                inSampleSize *= 2;
            }
        }

        return inSampleSize;
    }

    private Bitmap decodeSampledBitmap(String pathName,
            int reqWidth, int reqHeight) {

        // First decode with inJustDecodeBounds=true to check dimensions
        final BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
        BitmapFactory.decodeFile(pathName, options);

        // Calculate inSampleSize
        options.inSampleSize = calculateInSampleSize(options, reqWidth, reqHeight);

        // Decode bitmap with inSampleSize set
        options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
        return BitmapFactory.decodeFile(pathName, options);
    }

//I added this to have a good approximation of the screen size: 
    private Bitmap decodeSampledBitmap(String pathName) {
        Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
        Point size = new Point();
        display.getSize(size);
        int width = size.x;
        int height = size.y;
        return decodeSampledBitmap(pathName, width, height);
    }