How to load an ImageView by URL in Android? [closed]

Answer 1

imageView.setImageBitmap(BitmapFactory.decodeStream(imageUrl.openStream()));//try/catch IOException and MalformedURLException outside

Answer 2

The accepted answer above is great if you are loading the image based on a button click, however if you are doing it in a new activity it freezes up the UI for a second or two. Looking around I found that a simple asynctask eliminated this problem.

To use an asynctask add this class at the end of your activity:

private class DownloadImageTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Bitmap> {
    ImageView bmImage;

    public DownloadImageTask(ImageView bmImage) {
        this.bmImage = bmImage;
    }

    protected Bitmap doInBackground(String... urls) {
        String urldisplay = urls[0];
        Bitmap mIcon11 = null;
        try {
            InputStream in = new java.net.URL(urldisplay).openStream();
            mIcon11 = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(in);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e("Error", e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return mIcon11;
    }

    protected void onPostExecute(Bitmap result) {
        bmImage.setImageBitmap(result);
    }    
}

And call from your onCreate() method using:

new DownloadImageTask((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1))
        .execute(MY_URL_STRING);

The result is a quickly loaded activity and an imageview that shows up a split second later depending on the user's network speed.

Answer 3

public class LoadWebImg extends Activity {

String image_URL=
 "http://java.sogeti.nl/JavaBlog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/android_icon_256.png";

   /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.main);

       ImageView bmImage = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.image);
    BitmapFactory.Options bmOptions;
    bmOptions = new BitmapFactory.Options();
    bmOptions.inSampleSize = 1;
    Bitmap bm = LoadImage(image_URL, bmOptions);
    bmImage.setImageBitmap(bm);
   }

   private Bitmap LoadImage(String URL, BitmapFactory.Options options)
   {       
    Bitmap bitmap = null;
    InputStream in = null;       
       try {
           in = OpenHttpConnection(URL);
           bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(in, null, options);
           in.close();
       } catch (IOException e1) {
       }
       return bitmap;               
   }

private InputStream OpenHttpConnection(String strURL) throws IOException{
 InputStream inputStream = null;
 URL url = new URL(strURL);
 URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();

 try{
  HttpURLConnection httpConn = (HttpURLConnection)conn;
  httpConn.setRequestMethod("GET");
  httpConn.connect();

  if (httpConn.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
   inputStream = httpConn.getInputStream();
  }
 }
 catch (Exception ex)
 {
 }
 return inputStream;
}
}

Answer 4

Working for imageView in any container , like listview grid view , normal layout

 private class LoadImagefromUrl extends AsyncTask< Object, Void, Bitmap > {
        ImageView ivPreview = null;

        @Override
        protected Bitmap doInBackground( Object... params ) {
            this.ivPreview = (ImageView) params[0];
            String url = (String) params[1];
            System.out.println(url);
            return loadBitmap( url );
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute( Bitmap result ) {
            super.onPostExecute( result );
            ivPreview.setImageBitmap( result );
        }
    }

    public Bitmap loadBitmap( String url ) {
        URL newurl = null;
        Bitmap bitmap = null;
        try {
            newurl = new URL( url );
            bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream( newurl.openConnection( ).getInputStream( ) );
        } catch ( MalformedURLException e ) {
            e.printStackTrace( );
        } catch ( IOException e ) {

            e.printStackTrace( );
        }
        return bitmap;
    }
/** Usage **/
  new LoadImagefromUrl( ).execute( imageView, url );

Answer 5

Anyway people ask my comment to post it as answer. i am posting.

URL newurl = new URL(photo_url_str); 
mIcon_val = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(newurl.openConnection().getInputStream());
profile_photo.setImageBitmap(mIcon_val);

Answer 6

You could also use this LoadingImageView view to load an image from a url:

http://blog.blundellapps.com/imageview-with-loading-spinner/

Once you have added the class file from that link you can instantiate a url image view:

in xml:

<com.blundell.tut.LoaderImageView
  android:id="@+id/loaderImageView"
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  image="http://developer.android.com/images/dialog_buttons.png"
 />

In code:

final LoaderImageView image = new LoaderImageView(this, "http://developer.android.com/images/dialog_buttons.png");

And update it using:

image.setImageDrawable("http://java.sogeti.nl/JavaBlog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/android_icon_256.png");