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How to make Glide use previously downloaded image as placeholder

Is it possible to show previously downloaded image in Glide as placeholder while downloading new image.
Like I have an image loaded in imageview using glide. Now the imageurl is changed, so while loading this new image is it possible to keep displaying the old image (might be from cache).
What I want is while the new image is being loaded from the URL, is it possible to keep the current image as placeholder.

I found the answer to this in the discussion here - https://github.com/bumptech/glide/issues/527#issuecomment-148840717.
Intuitively I also thought of using placeholder(), but the problem is that as soon as you load the second image, you loose the reference to the first one. You can still reference it but it is not safe as it may be reused by Glide or recycled.
The proposed solution from the discussion is to use thumbnail() and load the first image again. The load will return the first image immediately from the memory cache and it will look as if the image did not change until the second image is loaded:
String currentImageUrl = ...;
String newImageUrl = ...;
Glide.with(this)
.load(newImageUrl)
.thumbnail(Glide.with(this)
.load(currentImageUrl)
.fitCenter()
)
.fitCenter()
.into(imageView);

Glide have a capability of getting the bitmap of the image from that url, so just get it and then save it to a desired storage into your phone, and after that in your .placeholder() just use that bitmap when you are trying to get another image , take a look at this snippet
/** Download the image using Glide **/
Bitmap theBitmap = null;
theBitmap = Glide.
with(YourActivity.this).
asBitmap().
load("Url of your image").
into(-1, -1).
get(); //with this we get the bitmap of that url
saveToInternalStorage(theBitmap, getApplicationContext(), "your preferred image name");
/** Save it on your device **/
public String saveToInternalStorage(Bitmap bitmapImage, Context context, String name){
ContextWrapper cw = new ContextWrapper(context);
// path to /data/data/yourapp/app_data/imageDir
String name_="foldername"; //Folder name in device android/data/
File directory = cw.getDir(name, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
// Create imageDir
File mypath=new File(directory,name_);
FileOutputStream fos = null;
try {
fos = new FileOutputStream(mypath);
// Use the compress method on the BitMap object to write image to the OutputStream
bitmapImage.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, fos);
fos.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Log.e("absolutepath ", directory.getAbsolutePath());
return directory.getAbsolutePath();
}
/** Method to retrieve image from your device **/
public Bitmap loadImageFromStorage(String path, String name)
{
Bitmap b;
String name_= name; //your folderName
try {
File f=new File(path, name_);
b = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FileInputStream(f));
return b;
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
/** Retrieve your image from device and set to imageview **/
//Provide your image path and name of the image your previously used.
Bitmap b= loadImageFromStorage(String path, String name)
ImageView img=(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.your_image_id);
img.setImageBitmap(b);

how can I show a video thumbnail from a video path?

I want to show a video thumbnail in an ImageView from a video path on storage. Is there a function that takes a video path and returns a bitmap of a thumbnail? I get the video path by this code:
public ArrayList<String> getAllMedia() {
HashSet<String> videoItemHashSet = new HashSet<>();
String[] projection = {MediaStore.Video.VideoColumns.DATA, MediaStore.Video.Media.DISPLAY_NAME};
Cursor cursor = getContext().getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, projection, null, null, null);
try {
cursor.moveToFirst();
do {
videoItemHashSet.add((cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA))));
} while(cursor.moveToNext());
cursor.close();
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
ArrayList<String> downloadedList = new ArrayList<>(videoItemHashSet);
return downloadedList;
}

It is the default way to create a thumbnail.
For Mini Kind
Bitmap thumb;
//MINI_KIND, size: 512 x 384 thumbnail
thumb = ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail(filePath, MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.MINI_KIND);
img_tumbnail.setImageBitmap(thumb);
For Micro Kind
Bitmap thumb;
//MICRO_KIND, size: 96 x 96 thumbnail
thumb= ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail(filePath, Thumbnails.MICRO_KIND);
img_tumbnail.setImageBitmap(thumb);
Also, you can use Glide for Url as well as Video path of Device.
Glide.with(context).with(this)
.asBitmap()
.load(videoFilePath) // or URI/path
.into(imgView); //imageview to set thumbnail to
also, you can resize thumbnail by using .override(50,50) with Glide.

Use Glide lib
to show thumbnail from local storage
String filePath = "/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/example_video.mp4";
GlideApp
.with(context)
.asBitmap()
.load(Uri.fromFile(new File(filePath)))
.into(imageViewGifAsBitmap);

You can use ThumbnailUtils to load video thumb in 3 format:
MINI_KIND : Good for media detail view
FULL_SCREEN_KIND : Good for header
MICRO_KIND : Good for recycleView
Ex:
holder.videoThumb.setImageBitmap(ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail(getItem(position).videoURL, MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.MICRO_KIND))
The biggest drawback is that ThumbnailUtils operate on UI thread so if you try to use this method in a recycleView then it gone make your app skip frames. Your RecycleView will have laggy scroll and if you have more than 7 items then your app will start throwing ANR.
That means you need to create AsyncTask or Threads which again might lead to memory leaks.
Conclusion; Glide is better in loading video thumbs.
Here DiskCacheStrategy.RESULT is important parameter which worked for me and give a smooth fast scroll in recycle view.
Glide.with(context).load(getItem(position).videoURL)
.asBitmap()
.placeholder(R.drawable.app_icon)
.centerCrop()
.diskCacheStrategy(DiskCacheStrategy.RESULT)
.into(holder.videoThumb)

I have 3rd method to set thumbnail of image/video.
Hope it will help you.
1) ThumbnailUtils --> Effective but Slow
Bitmap thumb = ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail(thumbPath, MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.MINI_KIND);
holder.ivThumb.setImageBitmap(thumb);
2) FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever --> Very Effective but Slow
FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever();
try {
retriever.setDataSource(thumbPath);
thumb.setImageBitmap(retriever.getFrameAtTime(0));
} catch (Exception ex) {
// Assume this is a corrupt file
}
3) Glide --> Effective and Fast
RequestOptions options = new RequestOptions()
.centerCrop()
.placeholder(android.R.drawable.stat_notify_error)
.error(android.R.drawable.stat_notify_error);
Glide.with(context)
.load(thumPath)
.apply(options)
.into(thumb);

If anyone is looking for a Kotlin version. You can try this extension function.
It is using coil.
/**
* https://github.com/coil-kt/coil/issues/413
*/
fun ImageView.setThumbnail(uri: Uri, frameMillis: Long = 2000) {
val imageLoader = ImageLoader.Builder(context)
.componentRegistry {
add(VideoFrameFileFetcher(context))
add(VideoFrameUriFetcher(context))
}.build()
val request = ImageRequest.Builder(context)
.data(uri)
.videoFrameMillis(frameMillis)
.target(this)
.fetcher(VideoFrameUriFetcher(context))
.build()
findViewTreeLifecycleOwner()?.lifecycleScope?.launch(Dispatchers.Main) {
imageLoader.execute(request)
}
}

In some devices not working for me without FileDescriptorBitmapDecoder
So I used following code with FileDescriptorBitmapDecoder
public static void loadLocalVideoThumbanail(Context context, String path, final ImageView imageView) {
try {
if (path == null || path.isEmpty())
return;
BitmapPool bitmapPool = Glide.get(context).getBitmapPool();
int microSecond = 1000000;// 1st second as an example
VideoBitmapDecoder videoBitmapDecoder = new VideoBitmapDecoder(microSecond);
FileDescriptorBitmapDecoder fileDescriptorBitmapDecoder = new FileDescriptorBitmapDecoder(videoBitmapDecoder, bitmapPool, DecodeFormat.PREFER_ARGB_8888);
Glide.with(context).load(path).asBitmap().thumbnail(0.6f)
.diskCacheStrategy(DiskCacheStrategy.RESULT)
.dontAnimate()
.videoDecoder(fileDescriptorBitmapDecoder)
.override(200,200)
.into(imageView);
} catch (Exception e) {
MyLog.e(TAG, "LoadImage: ", e);
}
}

Load Drawable object into ImageView using Picasso or Glide or any cashing library - Android

I need to load App icon into image view. It is too slow to load it in list view.
I tried to use Picasso or Glide to load it.
I could not find out how to load Drawable object (NOT FROM RESOURCES) into image view using any of those libraries?
The function for getting the drawable:
public Drawable getIcon() {
if (icon == null) {
icon = getResolveInfo().loadIcon(ctx.getPackageManager());
}
return icon;
}

You can do this
Drawable icon = ....
Bitmap bitmap = ((BitmapDrawable) icon).getBitmap();
ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, stream);
byte[] bitmapdata = stream.toByteArray();
Glide.with(context)
.load(bitmapdata)
.into(imageView);
But i am not sure that in this case the Glide (or Picasso) will be use the cache.

You can create your own RequestHandler for Picasso. There is a tutorial here.
For example,
class AppIconRequestHandler extends RequestHandler {
#Override
public boolean canHandleRequest(Request data) {
return true; // or do validation here
}
#Override
public Result load(Request request, int networkPolicy) {
// Not sure if DISK or correct or if it should be something else, but it works for me.
return new Result(yourApp.getIcon().bitmap, Picasso.LoadedFrom.DISK);
}
}
// When you want to show the icon
Picasso picasso = Picasso.Builder(context)
.addRequestHandler(new AppIconRequestHandler())
.build()
picasso.load(packageName)
.placeholder(placeholderIcon)
.into(imageView)
Don't forget to scale app icons, by the way! You can't rely on them to be small images and you may end up using a lot more ram than you need.

This one is using the Picasso library.
String url = "some url to your image";
ImageView thumbnail = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.thumbnail);
Picasso.with(context).load(url).into(thumbnail);

Image display from sd card

I am new to Android. In my app, I want to access a particular image from my sd card. But the image is not displayed. I have include WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE request in my manifest.
public class Display extends Activity
{
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.display);
final ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
final TextView name=(TextView) findViewById(R.id.name);
final TextView phone_no=(TextView) findViewById(R.id.phone_no);
File f= new File("/storage/sdcard0/Download/images.jpeg");
Bitmap bMap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(f.getAbsolutePath());
imageView.setImageBitmap(bMap);
}
I also tried the following codes, but of no use
File mFichier = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),"/storage/sdcard0/Download/images.jpeg");
if(mFichier.exists())
{
imageView.setImageURI(Uri.fromFile(mFichier));
}
and also this code
Bitmap mBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile("/storage/sdcard0/Download/images.jpeg");
imageView.setImageBitmap(mBitmap);
Please help me as to why my image is not getting displayed..

First of all, you want to load file from external storage like sdcard, you'd better use following code:
public File getDataFolder(Context context) {
File dataDir = null;
if (Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED)) {
dataDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "myappdata");
if(!dataDir.isDirectory()) {
dataDir.mkdirs();
}
}
if(!dataDir.isDirectory()) {
dataDir = context.getFilesDir();
}
return dataDir;
}
It will return a folder which is named "myappdata" located in your sd-card. After that, if you want to load a image from that folder, you can use following code:
File cacheDir = getDataFolder(this);
File cacheFile = new File(cacheDir, "images.jpeg");
InputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(cacheFile);
BitmapFactory.Options bitmapOptions = new BitmapFactory.Options();
bitmapOptions.inSampleSize = scale;
bitmapOptions.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
Bitmap wallpaperBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(fileInputStream, null, bitmapOptions);
ImageView imageView = (ImageView)this.findViewById(R.id.preview);
imageView.setImageBitmap(wallpaperBitmap);
If you still have problem with above code, you can check the full example here:
Android Save And Load Downloading File Locally

How can i just download image with universal-image-loader

as far as I know, universal-image-loader provide 2 kinds of methods to display images. imageLoader.loadImage and imageLoader.displayImage. But those 2 methods must bind to UI element to display. Can I just download files for cache in a thread (for future display). I don't need to display those image right now.

You can still use UIL. Based on the displayOptions used below the images would be cached.
Refer here - https://github.com/nostra13/Android-Universal-Image-Loader
// Load image, decode it to Bitmap and return Bitmap to callback
imageLoader.loadImage(imageUri, displayOptions, new SimpleImageLoadingListener() {
#Override
public void onLoadingComplete(String imageUri, View view, Bitmap loadedImage) {
// Do whatever you want with Bitmap
}
});

Can I just download files for cache in a thread (for future display).
I don't need to display those image right now.
You can download files using Executor or creating a thread. You don't need to use universal imageloader.
http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/concurrent/Executor.html.
You can also use a DownloadManager and save the file in sdcard. You can retrieve the same for later use.
http://oodlestechnologies.com/blogs/Downloading-and-Retrieving-Files-on-SD-card-in-Android-using-Android-SDK-in-Eclipse
To cache bitmaps you can write the images to a folder in sdcard.
Caching bitmaps
http://developer.android.com/training/displaying-bitmaps/cache-bitmap.html.
You cache bitmaps in memory or disk. The link has details regarding the topic.
You basically use UIL ofr displaying images in listview or grdiview. To use UIL in listview or gridview you can do as below.
https://github.com/nostra13/Android-Universal-Image-Loader. It is based on Lazy List(works on same principle). But it has lot of other configurations. You can display a error image if downlaod failed. Can display images with rounded corners. Can cache on disc or memory. Can compress image.
In your custom adapter constructor
File cacheDir = StorageUtils.getOwnCacheDirectory(a, "your folder");
// Get singletone instance of ImageLoader
imageLoader = ImageLoader.getInstance();
// Create configuration for ImageLoader (all options are optional)
ImageLoaderConfiguration config = new ImageLoaderConfiguration.Builder(a)
// You can pass your own memory cache implementation
.discCache(new UnlimitedDiscCache(cacheDir)) // You can pass your own disc cache implementation
.discCacheFileNameGenerator(new HashCodeFileNameGenerator())
.enableLogging()
.build();
// Initialize ImageLoader with created configuration. Do it once.
imageLoader.init(config);
options = new DisplayImageOptions.Builder()
.showStubImage(R.drawable.stub_id)//display stub image
.cacheInMemory()
.cacheOnDisc()
.displayer(new RoundedBitmapDisplayer(20))
.build();
In your getView()
ImageView image=(ImageView)vi.findViewById(R.id.imageview);
imageLoader.displayImage(imageurl, image,options);//provide imageurl, imageview and options
You can configure with other options to suit your needs.
Along with lazy loading/Universal Image Loader you can view holder for smooth scrolling and performance. http://developer.android.com/training/improving-layouts/smooth-scrolling.html.

Theres loadImage(String uri, ImageLoadingListener listener), I think you can call it with null for the listener if you don't need one.

Adding to #Robin Srivastava's answer:
You must also instantiate the ImageLoader context, for example:
imageLoader = ImageLoader.getInstance(); before you can use the loadImage method. The displayOptions parameter is also optional so you can exclude that if need be.

Using UIL,we can save the image when the image is fully loaded.
using ImageLoading Listener when loading is completed the listener has a method called onLoadingComplete() we can get Bitmap of the image and we can store this Bitmap using the below method saveImage()
Bitmap imageBitmap=null;
ImageLoader.getInstance().displayImage(String.valueOf(mediaPath), imageView, options, new ImageLoadingListener() {
#Override
public void onLoadingStarted(String imageUri, View view) {
progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
#Override
public void onLoadingFailed(String imageUri, View view, FailReason failReason) {
String message = null;
switch (failReason.getType()) {
case UNKNOWN:
message = "Unknown error";
break;
case IO_ERROR:
message = "I/O error";
break;
case NETWORK_DENIED:
message = "Network Denied";
break;
case OUT_OF_MEMORY:
message = "Out of memory";
break;
case DECODING_ERROR:
message = "decoding error";
break;
}
Toast.makeText(FullScreenActivity.this, message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
#Override
public void onLoadingComplete(String imageUri, View view, Bitmap loadedImage) {
//we can get imageBitmap here when loading is completed
imageBitmap=loadedImage;
progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
#Override
public void onLoadingCancelled(String imageUri, View view) {
}
});
Use this method to save the file in your local storage
public void saveImage(){
if(imageBitmap!=null){
File dir = new File( Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + “/Images/");
if (!dir.exists()) {
if (dir.mkdirs()) {
Log.i(TAG, "Directory created");
}
}
//put your image file name here
File mypath=new File(dir,"yourImageName.png");
FileOutputStream fos = null;
try {
fos = new FileOutputStream(mypath);
// Use the compress method on the BitMap object to write image to the OutputStream
if(imageBitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, fos)){
showToast("Successfully downloaded");
}
fos.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Toast toast=null;
private void showToast(String message) {
if (toast != null) toast.cancel();
toast = Toast.makeText(FullScreenActivity.this, message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
toast.show();
}