Loading Images From Remote Server?

Question

I have several images on some of my Activities, and these are all connected from Remote Server. The problem is every time I go on one of these Activities that contain images from remote sever. All of the images must load first otherwise you will get a black empty screen. Sometimes it takes about 1-5 minutes to load, and sometimes it even force close the device. Is there anyway I can fix this issue?

Here is the code I'm using:

ImageViewimgView =(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.image01);
        Drawable drawable = LoadImageFromWebOperations("http://forum.roda.hr/images/customavatars/avatar10164_2.gif");
        imgView.setBackgroundDrawable(drawable);



private Drawable LoadImageFromWebOperations(String url) {
        try {
            InputStream is = (InputStream) new URL(url).getContent();
            Drawable d = Drawable.createFromStream(is, "src name");
            return d;
            }
        catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Exc="+e);
            return null;
        }
    }

I have been struggling for days trying to figure this out, please help me, it would be really mean a lot to me. Thanks in advance!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '11 at 12:19

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http://www.androidpeople.com/android-load-image-url-example

this should help..

and as jett try doing it in lazy with AsynTask to do the loading in background..

answered Mar 28 '11 at 12:19

Jana

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That is what I am using right now, and it takes forever to load – Kuwame Brown Mar 28 '11 at 12:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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The key point is that you should use Thread to load the images from Internet.
Please refer to Android - How do I do a lazy load of images in ListView to achieve this.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

Community

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answered Mar 28 '11 at 11:44

Jett Hsieh

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 28 '11 at 11:48

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Better to use thread to download image.
Refer this
Load Image from server using thread
Painless Threading

answered Mar 28 '11 at 11:48

Labeeb Panampullan

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I tried the code from "Load Image from server using thread" but it seem it is not working because it force closing – Kuwame Brown Mar 28 '11 at 12:07
There was no error but a blank screen with textview and no images at all – Kuwame Brown Mar 28 '11 at 12:39
check are you passing the correct `imageview` and all to the `MessageHandler`. If you still have the problem post the code that you tried with your question. – Labeeb Panampullan Mar 28 '11 at 12:43

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