How to display images from AWS S3 without downloading in the local storage

Question

My android app shows images which is downloaded from AWS S3. For now I download the images to the local storage, and show images from the downloaded images. But, it would be annoying from the user's perspective.

How can I display image from AWS S3 without downloading into the local storage. It would be great if I can display images not with the file but with image url.

It might be possible by set the files on ASW S3 to public, which I want to avoid for security issues.

Please use Glide or Piccaso library to display image from URL you get from the server. — Faldu Jaldeep, Jul 28 '18 at 12:28
Use the AWS S3 API to generate a signed URL. You should then be able to pass that URL to your favorite image-loading library (Glide, Picasso, etc.). — CommonsWare, Jul 28 '18 at 12:29
@CommonsWare Thanks so much for the reply. Can u share some reference for this? — JH Sean Kang, Jul 28 '18 at 12:34

Vikasdeep Singh · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-28T12:52:17.253

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Firstly generate pre-signed AWS S3 URL and then load image using Glide. Below are steps:

How to generate pre-signed AWS S3 bucket URL check here

Load image using Glide:

Glide.with(getActivity().getBaseContext()).load("IMAGE URL FROM S3").centerCrop().into(imageView);

edited Jul 28 '18 at 12:52

answered Jul 28 '18 at 12:45

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