How to display image in image view using xml in android?

Question

I want to display image in list view where images are stores in drawble folder and i trying to read through XML here is my XML code.

<music>
<song>
    <title>Live Shows</title>
    <thumb_url>@drawable/chat.png</thumb_url>
</song>
<song>
    <title>Space Bound</title>
    <thumb_url>@drawable/email_open.png</thumb_url>
</song>

Please help me i am new to android.

if its working then vote for the answer – Hitesh Jain Sep 20 '12 at 12:23 — Hitesh Jain, Sep 20 '12 at 12:23

Hitesh Jain · Answer 1 · 2012-09-20T05:52:31.023

Parse xml and call the function given below

// imagePath - value of <thumb_url>@drawable/chat.png</thumb_url>
// imageView - view where image needs to be set
private void setImage(String imagePath,ImageView imageView)
{  

 String uriFromXML = imagePath;
 String suffix = ".png";
if ((uriFromXML != null) && (uriFromXML.startsWith("@")) && (uriFromXML.endsWith(suffix))) 
{
  int length = uriFromXML.length();
  int suffixLength = suffix.length();
  String uri = uriFromXML.substring(1, length - suffixLength);



  int imageResource = getResources().getIdentifier(uri, null,getPackageName());

  Drawable image = getResources().getDrawable(imageResource);
  imageView.setImageDrawable(image);
}
}

SquiresSquire · Answer 2 · 2012-09-18T06:02:25.190

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Okay, I presume you are using the androidhive tut. In the lazy adapter class change this code imageLoader.DisplayImage(song.get(CustomizedListView.KEY_THUMB_URL), thumb_image); to thumb_image.setImageResource(song.get(CustomizedListView.KEY_THUMB_URL));

edited Sep 18 '12 at 06:02

answered Sep 18 '12 at 03:48

SquiresSquire

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okay but can you give the example or tell me how to give path of image in XML so i will get the image directly in the image view – Nishit Patel Sep 18 '12 at 03:50
@SquiredSquire I tried your code but it given error `The method setImageResource(int) in the type ImageView is not applicable for the arguments (String)`. – Nishit Patel Sep 18 '12 at 07:36
@NishitPatel change the xml so it is displayed as file:///android_asset/chat.png and change to line to imageLoader.DisplayImage(song.get(CustomizedListView.KEY_THUMB_URL), thumb_image); and move all images to assets folder – SquiresSquire Sep 18 '12 at 08:44

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

Try this, in Xml

<music>
<song>
    <title>Live Shows</title>
    <thumb_url>chat</thumb_url>
</song>
<song>
    <title>Space Bound</title>
    <thumb_url>email_open</thumb_url>
</song>

and in activity,

int redId = getResources().getIdentifier("<your_package>:drawable/<resource_name>", null, null);
imageView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(resId));

where would be something like com.example.package and <resource_name> would be filled by thumb_url from your xml.

How to display image in image view using xml in android?

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