Is there a way to load image as bitmap to Glide

Question

Im looking for a way to use bitmap as input to Glide. I am even not sure if its possible. It's for resizing purposes. Glide has a good image enhancement with scale. The problem is that I have resources as bitmap already loaded to memory. The only solution I could find is to store images to temporary file and reload them back to Glide as inputStream/file.. Is there a better way to achieve that ?

Please before answering .. Im not talking about output from Glide.. .asBitmap().get() I know that.I need help with input.

Here is my workaround solution:

 Bitmap bitmapNew=null;
        try {
            //
            ContextWrapper cw = new ContextWrapper(ctx);
            File directory = cw.getDir("imageDir", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
            File file=new File(directory,"temp.jpg");
            FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
            bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 90, fos);
            fos.close();
            //
            bitmapNew = Glide
                    .with(ctx)
                    .load(file)
                    .asBitmap()
                    .diskCacheStrategy(DiskCacheStrategy.NONE)
                    .skipMemoryCache(true)
                    .into( mActualWidth, mActualHeight - heightText)
                    .get();

            file.delete();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Logcat.e( "File not found: " + e.getMessage());
        }

I'd like to avoid writing images to internal and load them again.That is the reason why Im asking if there is way to to have input as bitmap

Thanks

I wrote that in question ... Scaling.. I didn't find better way to scale my images than Glide — Maher Abuthraa, Feb 16 '17 at 15:35
I didn't -1, and no it's not clear cause you can scale and play with images in many ways depending on what you want to achieve — Drilon Blakqori, Feb 16 '17 at 15:51

score 79 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '17 at 04:53

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For version 4 you have to call asBitmap() before load()

GlideApp.with(itemView.getContext())
        .asBitmap()
        .load(data.getImageUrl())
        .into(new SimpleTarget<Bitmap>() {
            @Override
            public void onResourceReady(Bitmap resource, Transition<? super Bitmap> transition) {}
            });
        }

More info: http://bumptech.github.io/glide/doc/targets.html

answered Oct 12 '17 at 04:53

Teffi

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oh Glide, why change that and cause people to search for the error for hours :/ – mcy Nov 21 '17 at 14:04
SimpleTarget is deprecated in latest version – Himanshu Mori Jan 31 '19 at 06:47
I will accept this answer is it's up-to-dated code for on-going version .. thanks @teffi – Maher Abuthraa Jun 19 '19 at 10:57
Please consider this fix as base fix : https://stackoverflow.com/a/42278907/2267723 and this one is up-to-dated coding of it – Maher Abuthraa Jun 25 '19 at 11:19
What's `SimpleTarget`? – Alston Sep 10 '19 at 13:10
asBitmap should be after load method() – Dante Nov 11 '19 at 08:19
Replace SimpleTarget with CustomTarget and implement the remaining methods. – Advait Saravade May 28 '20 at 18:21
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`SimpleTarget` is deprecated. Should be replaced with `CustomTarget` as shown [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/41804371/1528805) – Dmitry K Mar 10 '21 at 15:13

Tom Sabel · Answer 2 · 2018-04-25T14:58:18.010

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This solution is working with Glide V4. You can get the bitmap like this:

Bitmap bitmap = Glide
    .with(context)
    .asBitmap()
    .load(uri_File_String_Or_ResourceId)
    .submit()
    .get();

Note: this will block the current thread to load the image.

edited Apr 25 '18 at 14:58

answered Jan 25 '18 at 09:01

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it is not working.... is there any other solution to get bitmap as output from byte[] – Vipul Chauhan Jan 25 '19 at 17:23
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Works perfect on 2021. – Bogdan Android Apr 26 '21 at 11:27
Exactly what I was looking for. 95% of other answers were always for loading into an Imageview. – lasec0203 Aug 23 '21 at 09:04

score 19 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 25 '18 at 07:14

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A really strange case, but lets try to solve it. I'm using the old and not cool Picasso, but one day I'll give Glide a try. Here are some links that could help you :

And actually a cruel but I think efficient way to solve this :

ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
  yourBitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, stream);
  Glide.with(this)
      .load(stream.toByteArray())
      .asBitmap()
      .error(R.drawable.ic_thumb_placeholder)
      .transform(new CircleTransform(this))
      .into(imageview);

I'm not sure if this will help you, but I hope it can make you a step closer to the solution.

edited Apr 25 '18 at 07:14

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answered Feb 16 '17 at 16:03

Yurii Tsap

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Just because of my interest, why are you facing such kind of issue? Can't you load your images directly with Glide from an url etc.? – Yurii Tsap Feb 16 '17 at 16:42
"Efficient": I/O on UI thread? Compress just to decompress? Use the POC to squeeze it through the pipeline instead. Even just calling the transformation directly in the background while creating the image would be better. – TWiStErRob Feb 16 '17 at 18:33
@YuriiTsap I am making screen shots from bitmap of views in memory. These views are not just images.. – Maher Abuthraa Feb 16 '17 at 18:40
@YuriiTsap I have case for your question. I using XML RPC odoo api which returns image in base64 json string format only. – Ashish Sahu Nov 29 '17 at 18:29

score 13 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 18 '19 at 09:34

There is little changes according to latest version of Glide. Now we need to use submit() to load image as bitmap, if you do not class submit() than listener won't be called.

here is working example i used today.

Glide.with(cxt)
  .asBitmap().load(imageUrl)
  .listener(new RequestListener<Bitmap>() {
      @Override
      public boolean onLoadFailed(@Nullable GlideException e, Object o, Target<Bitmap> target, boolean b) {
          Toast.makeText(cxt,getResources().getString(R.string.unexpected_error_occurred_try_again),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
          return false;
      }

      @Override
      public boolean onResourceReady(Bitmap bitmap, Object o, Target<Bitmap> target, DataSource dataSource, boolean b) {
          zoomImage.setImage(ImageSource.bitmap(bitmap));
          return false;
      }
  }
).submit();

It is working and I'm getting bitmap from listener.

Arslan Maqbool · Answer 5 · 2019-12-02T10:30:49.427

Please use Implementation for that is:

implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.9.0'

     Glide.with(this)
     .asBitmap()
      .load("http://url")
    .into(new CustomTarget <Bitmap>() {   
@Override  
public void onResourceReady(@NonNull Bitmap resource, @Nullable Transition <? super Bitmap> transition) { 
                // you can do something with loaded bitmap here

 }
@Override 
public void onLoadCleared(@Nullable Drawable placeholder) { 
 } 
});

Mayuri Khinvasara · Answer 6 · 2019-11-08T06:31:46.310

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Most of the API's and methods of Glide are now deprecated. Below is working for Glide 4.9 and upto Android 10.

For image URI

  Bitmap bitmap = Glide
    .with(context)
    .asBitmap()
    .load(image_uri_or_drawable_resource_or_file_path)
    .submit()
    .get();

Use Glide as below in build.gradle

implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.9.0'

edited Nov 08 '19 at 06:31

answered Oct 30 '19 at 17:53

Mayuri Khinvasara

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This method returns error to run it into background thread. – Faraz Tariq Jun 15 '20 at 09:45

score 5 · Answer 7 · edited Oct 13 '17 at 18:10

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The accepted answer works for previous versions, but in new versions of Glide use:

RequestOptions requestOptions = new RequestOptions();
requestOptions.placeholder(android.R.drawable.waiting);
requestOptions.error(R.drawable.waiting);
Glide.with(getActivity()).apply(requestOptions).load(imageUrl).into(imageView);

Courtesy

edited Oct 13 '17 at 18:10

Sam Judd

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answered Jul 19 '17 at 11:12

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Don't use setDefaultRequestOptions for an individual request. It's only useful if you want to apply the same options across all requests in a particular Activity or Fragment. To apply options to a specific request, use .apply(RequestOptions): http://bumptech.github.io/glide/doc/options.html#requestoptions – Sam Judd Oct 13 '17 at 18:10

score 4 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 17 '17 at 12:04

here's another solution which return you a bitmap to set into your ImageView

Glide.with(this)
            .load(R.drawable.card_front)    // you can pass url too
            .asBitmap()
            .into(new SimpleTarget<Bitmap>() {
                @Override
                public void onResourceReady(Bitmap resource, GlideAnimation<? super Bitmap> glideAnimation) {
                    // you can do something with loaded bitmap here

                    imgView.setImageBitmap(resource);
                }
            });

score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 13 '20 at 18:10

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This worked for me in recent version of Glide:

Glide.with(this)
        .load(bitmap)
        .dontTransform()
        .into(imageView);

answered Jul 13 '20 at 18:10

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score 2 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 10 '17 at 14:49

For what is is worth, based upon the posts above, my approach:

     Uri sArtworkUri = Uri.parse("content://media/external/audio/albumart");
Uri imageUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(sArtworkUri, String.valueOf(album_id));

then in the adapter:

        //  loading album cover using Glide library

    Glide.with(mContext)
            .asBitmap()
            .load(imageUri)
            .into(holder.thumbnail);

ucMedia · Answer 11 · 2022-08-12T13:10:31.230

Updated answer 2022 Aug

Glide.with(context)
      .asBitmap()
      .load(uri) // Uri, String, File...
      .into(new CustomTarget<Bitmap>() {
          @Override
          public void onResourceReady(@NonNull Bitmap resource, Transition<? super Bitmap> transition) {
              useIt(resource);
          }

          @Override
          public void onLoadCleared(@Nullable Drawable placeholder) {
          }
      });

onResourceReady : The method that will be called when the resource load has finished.
resource parameter is the loaded resource.

onLoadCleared : A mandatory lifecycle callback that is called when a load is cancelled and its resources are freed. You must ensure that any current Drawable received in onResourceReady is no longer used before redrawing the container (usually a View) or changing its visibility.
placeholder parameter is the placeholder drawable to optionally show, or null.

score 1 · Answer 12 · answered May 03 '19 at 13:08

In Kotlin,

Glide.with(this)
            .asBitmap()
            .load("https://...")
            .addListener(object : RequestListener<Bitmap> {
                override fun onLoadFailed(
                    e: GlideException?,
                    model: Any?,
                    target: Target<Bitmap>?,
                    isFirstResource: Boolean
                ): Boolean {
                    Toast.makeText(this@MainActivity, "failed: " + e?.printStackTrace(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
                    return false
                }

                override fun onResourceReady(
                    resource: Bitmap?,
                    model: Any?,
                    target: Target<Bitmap>?,
                    dataSource: DataSource?,
                    isFirstResource: Boolean
                ): Boolean {
                    //image is ready, you can get bitmap here
                    return false
                }

            })
            .into(imageView)

Saurabh Dhage · Answer 13 · 2021-10-08T03:00:49.730

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For 2021 :

  val bitmap=Glide.with(this).asBitmap().load(imageUri).submit().get()

edited Oct 08 '21 at 03:00

answered Aug 23 '21 at 14:15

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Is there a way to load image as bitmap to Glide

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Updated answer 2022 Aug

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