Loading Images on UITableview from Google Drive

Question

I am trying to load images from Google Drive using google's example

- (void)loadDriveFiles {
  GTLQueryDrive *query = [GTLQueryDrive queryForFilesList];
  query.q = @"mimeType = 'image/png'";

  UIAlertView *alert = [DrEditUtilities showLoadingMessageWithTitle:@"Loading files"
                                                           delegate:self];
  [self.driveService executeQuery:query completionHandler:^(GTLServiceTicket *ticket,
                                                            GTLDriveFileList *files,
                                                            NSError *error) {
    [alert dismissWithClickedButtonIndex:0 animated:YES];
    if (error == nil) {
      if (self.driveFiles == nil) {
        self.driveFiles = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
      }
      [self.driveFiles removeAllObjects];
      [self.driveFiles addObjectsFromArray:files.items];
      [self.tableView reloadData];
    } else {
      NSLog(@"An error occurred: %@", error);
    //show error
    }
  }];
}

And Displaying it on table view as shown

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
  UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"Cell"];
     cell.imageView.image=[UIImage imageNamed:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",file.title]];


}

It does not show the images, do I have to download the images first and if yes, could you please provide sample code.

[imageNamed](https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/UIImage_Class/Reference/Reference.html) only works for images available in the main bundle, in your case you are downloading from the server so it will not work. Try using other resource e.g. [SDWebImage](https://github.com/rs/SDWebImage) — Janak Nirmal, Jan 07 '14 at 04:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 07 '14 at 05:20

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Are you missing a line in your cellForRowAtIndexPath method? The one that gets the file from the array of files pulled?

Something like:

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
     UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"Cell"];

     GTLFile* file = [self.driveFiles objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
     ...
}

Note: I'm guessing at the file type for the file variable here.

Then as someone else pointed out, are these files being downloaded somewhere locally? If so you want to load them using their full local path using:

[UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:fullFilePath];

See UIImage Class Reference for other options.

edited Jan 07 '14 at 05:20

Shaik Riyaz

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answered Jan 07 '14 at 05:03

valheru

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You can't use `imageNamed:`. That only works for images in the app's resource bundle. – rmaddy Jan 07 '14 at 05:18
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Oops - sorry, I neglected to read your last paragraph. Shame on me. :) – rmaddy Jan 07 '14 at 05:20

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Have a look at the following links:

I take no credit for the tutorials provided. These are already fantastic articles and I thought I'd point you in the right direction.

goodluck.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Jan 07 '14 at 05:06

Pavan

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 09 '14 at 17:26

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For future references, I found the answer I was looking for here Google Drive - Displaying images on uitableview

answered Jan 09 '14 at 17:26

Fredo Josh

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Loading Images on UITableview from Google Drive

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