How to load HighRes images from URL without app crashing in Kotlin?

Question

So I made an app using the NASA RSS feed where I can browse through images of the day. Everything works fine until the app crashes because one of the images was too high res I believe.

This was the error:

after some research I learned that I should create and use a drawable-xxxhdpi resource file which I did. However, theres nothing inside of it The error states "Class drawable should be defined"

So what should I be typing inside the element to allow for High res images to be drawn without crashing? Thank You!

you can check this answer https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40835514/android-canvas-drawing-too-large-bitmap — Taki, Dec 15 '20 at 20:50
So one of the answers is : "moving the (hi-res) splash bitmap from drawable to drawable-xxhdpi was the solution." But what does that mean ? — Crimson Space, Dec 15 '20 at 20:57
You must downscale the image before presenting it to the user. Is there any reason you're not using Picasso (which is the most common image loading library)? — Pawel, Dec 15 '20 at 21:03
i am using picasso to load the images from the URL but im not using it to scale them. — Crimson Space, Dec 15 '20 at 21:07
yes it's one of it's core features. Just add `fit()` while building picasso request. — Pawel, Dec 15 '20 at 21:09
ah Yes! That worked thanks. Such a simple solution. Edited Original post for future users — Crimson Space, Dec 15 '20 at 22:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 15 '20 at 23:10

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SOLUTION provided by @pawel I used picasso to load images from the URL but did not use it to scale the images. Pawel suggested I use .fit() and it worked

answered Dec 15 '20 at 23:10

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How to load HighRes images from URL without app crashing in Kotlin?

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