BitmapFactory.decodeStream always returns null and skia decoder shows decode returned false

Question

test image here: http://images.plurk.com/tn_4134189_bf54fe8e270ce41240d534b5133884ee.gif

I\'ve tried several solutions found on the internet but there is no working

Answer 1

I tried all the solutions but did not solved my problem. After some tests, the problem of skia decoder failing happened a lot when the internet connection is not stable. For me, forcing to redownload the image solved the problem.

The problem also presented more when the image is of large size.

Using a loop will required me at most 2 retries and the image will be downloaded correctly.

Bitmap bmp = null;
int retries = 0;
while(bmp == null){
    if (retries == 2){
        break;
    }
    bmp = GetBmpFromURL(String imageURL);
    Log.d(TAG,"Retry...");
    retries++;
}

Answer 2

This should work:

URL url = new URL(src);
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setDoInput(true);
connection.connect();
InputStream input = connection.getInputStream();
Bitmap myBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(input);
connection.disconnect();
input.close();

myBitmap contains your image.

Answer 3

Try this as a temporary workaround:

First add the following class:

  public static class PlurkInputStream extends FilterInputStream {

    protected PlurkInputStream(InputStream in) {
        super(in);
    }

    @Override
    public int read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
        throws IOException {
        int ret = super.read(buffer, offset, count);
        for ( int i = 2; i < buffer.length; i++ ) {
            if ( buffer[i - 2] == 0x2c && buffer[i - 1] == 0x05
                && buffer[i] == 0 ) {
                buffer[i - 1] = 0;
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }

}

Then wrap your original stream with PlurkInputStream:

Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new PlurkInputStream(originalInputStream));

Let me know if this helps you.

EDIT:

Sorry please try the following version instead:

        for ( int i = 6; i < buffer.length - 4; i++ ) {
            if ( buffer[i] == 0x2c ) {
                if ( buffer[i + 2] == 0 && buffer[i + 1] > 0
                    && buffer[i + 1] <= 48 ) {
                    buffer[i + 1] = 0;
                }
                if ( buffer[i + 4] == 0 && buffer[i + 3] > 0
                    && buffer[i + 3] <= 48 ) {
                    buffer[i + 3] = 0;
                }
            }
        }

Note that this is not efficient code nor is this a full/correct solution. It will work for most cases, but not all.

Answer 4

For me the problem is with type of color of image: your image are in color=CYMK not in RGB

Answer 5

Maybe this is not your case but it could be if you are trying to decode images with CMYK colorspace, instead of RGB colorspace. CMYK images, like this one, are not supported by Android, and will not be displayed even in the Android web browser. Read more about this here:

Unable to load JPEG-image with BitmapFactory.decodeFile. Returns null

Answer 6

I had the same problem, partially was fixed by this class:

static class FlushedInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
public FlushedInputStream(InputStream inputStream) {
    super(inputStream);
}

@Override
public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
    long totalBytesSkipped = 0L;
    while (totalBytesSkipped < n) {
        long bytesSkipped = in.skip(n - totalBytesSkipped);
        if (bytesSkipped == 0L) {
              int byte = read();
              if (byte < 0) {
                  break;  // we reached EOF
              } else {
                  bytesSkipped = 1; // we read one byte
              }
       }
        totalBytesSkipped += bytesSkipped;
    }
    return totalBytesSkipped;
}

}

And:

InputStream in = null;
    try {
        in = new java.net.URL(imageUrl).openStream();
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        }
Bitmap image = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FlushedInputStream(in));

It helped in most cases, but this is not universal solution. For more refer to this bugreport.

Best luck!