I am presently using the following piece of code to load in images as drawable objects form a URL.
Drawable drawable_from_url(String url, String src_name)
throws java.net.MalformedURLException, java.io.IOException {
return Drawable.createFromStream(((java.io.InputStream)new java.net.URL(url).getContent()), src_name);
}
This code works exactly as wanted, but there appears to be compatibility problems with it. In version 1.5, it throws a FileNotFoundException
when I give it a URL. In 2.2, given the exact same URL, it works fine. The following URL is a sample input I am giving this function.
http://bks6.books.google.com/books?id=aH7BPTrwNXUC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&sig=ACfU3U2aQRnAX2o2ny2xFC1GmVn22almpg
How would I load in images in a way that is compatible across the board from a URL?
Bitmap is not a Drawable. If you really need a Drawable do this:
public static Drawable drawableFromUrl(String url) throws IOException {
Bitmap x;
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
connection.connect();
InputStream input = connection.getInputStream();
x = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(input);
return new BitmapDrawable(Resources.getSystem(), x);
}
(I used the tip found in https://stackoverflow.com/a/2416360/450148)