ImageView.setImageURI does NOT work when trying to assign a R.drawable.X Uri

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now my problem is that:

ImageView imgView=(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imgView);
Uri imgUri=Uri.parse("android.resource://my.package.name/"+R.drawable.image);
imageView.setImageURI(imgUri);

does NOT work . why?

i know that

imgView.setImageDrawable(Drawable.createFromStream(
                    getContentResolver().openInputStream(imgUri),
                    null));

work.

but that does NOT solve my problem. because I want to set the image with an uri independenty if this come from a resource or come from the camera ACTION_PICK intent...

any suggestions are welcome. Thank you. Regards

I can't belive that nobody had the same problem...nor there is no solutions... why stuff like that are not working?why are not documented at all? — Qlimax, Feb 24 '10 at 16:04

score 78 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 23 '16 at 12:14

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Try this

Uri imgUri=Uri.parse("android.resource://my.package.name/"+R.drawable.image);
imageView.setImageURI(null); 
imageView.setImageURI(imgUri);

This is a workaround for refreshing an ImageButton, which tries to cache the previous image Uri. Passing null effectively resets it.

Solution suggested from this book: Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours - Highly recommendable to read.

edited Jun 23 '16 at 12:14

Tim

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answered Jan 31 '12 at 13:59

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Thanks. Android is atrocious, it wasted half of my day. Your solution did the trick. – andude Jul 06 '13 at 04:07
Thanks! BTW it didn't work for me on very large images.. On small pics it works just fine. – walla Jan 27 '16 at 20:15
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@walla This didn't work for me either. Do you have another answer? – Srikar Reddy Oct 25 '16 at 06:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 07 '16 at 19:07

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imageView.postInvalidate() works. Or imageView.invalidate() if you're on the UI thread.

answered Sep 07 '16 at 19:07

Christine

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 02 '18 at 11:40

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your should do something like this

Uri imgUri = Uri.parse("android.resource://my.package.name/drawable/image_sky");

or if you want like this

Uri imgUri = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/drawable/" + "image_sky");

answered Oct 02 '18 at 11:40

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 08 '19 at 21:17

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First of all see, whether you are not override onRestart method and refreshing it.

If you will refresh the activity the image will not set.

answered Feb 08 '19 at 21:17

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 28 '22 at 09:30

In your OnActivityResult, when you get file uri, you can convert it to bitmap and set bitmap to imageview.(Kotlin way)

val file_uri = data.data
val bitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(contentResolver, file_uri)
binding.ivJob.setImageBitmap(bitmap)

PS: getBitmap() is deprecated now.

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