Any faster way to load imaeview with url

Question

I load image within imageview using

 try {
                Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream((InputStream)new java.net.URL(SplashItems.get(position).get("imageUrl")).getContent());
                 ImageViewObject.setImageBitmap(bitmap); 

            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

but it's so so slow, any faster way to do that

Best regards

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 13 '12 at 00:35

I would recommend using AsyncTask to load. This way your app with still run, and the user can interface while the image loads. I have also found that it cuts the download time by quite a bit because the downloading is done on a background thread and is able to focus on that. Here is a link to help you get started:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html

This article also talks about handlers, which may also be of some use to you.

http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidPerformance/article.html

Best of luck!

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

You can have a look at class ImageDownloader in GoogleTV sample. They use asynctask do download image in background and implement a cache to improve performance. Another tutorial from Android developer blog Multithreading For Performance

And similar question on SO : Loading an image from the Web with Asynctask. The last is UrlImageViewHelper. You can check the performance and choose the best. I myself often use ImageDownloader

Any faster way to load imaeview with url

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