Android: Display Image from SD CARD

Question

This is driving me insane! Here's my code (I know this file exists):

File imageFile = new File("/sdcard/gallery_photo_4.jpg");
ImageView jpgView = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView);
BitmapDrawable d = new BitmapDrawable(getResources(), imageFile.getAbsolutePath());
jpgView.setImageDrawable(d);

The error occurs on that last line (line 28, referenced below).

Error output:

W/dalvikvm(  865): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001d800)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime(  865): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{org.example.camera/org.example.camera.Imgview}: java.lang.NullPointerException
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2663)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2679)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:125)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2033)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at org.example.camera.Imgview.onCreate(Imgview.java:28)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2627)
E/AndroidRuntime(  865):    ... 11 more
W/ActivityManager(   59):   Force finishing activity org.example.camera/.Imgview

My layout looks like (probably not necessary):

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ImageView android:id="@+id/imageView" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:scaleType="center">
</ImageView>
</LinearLayout>

Thank you very much for any help.

Answer 1

I would rather use a BitmapFactory to decode the Image from the file-path:

Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(imageFile.getAbsolutePath());
jpgView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

The Docs say:

If the specified file name is null, or cannot be decoded into a bitmap, the function returns null.

Can you check if the code works with another image and if you can open your image on your PC thought. Maybe the file is corrupt.