Caching images and displaying

Question

Hello Am facing a particular problem in which I need to download images and display them onto a ListView corresponding to their particular TextView's. The code I have is successfully displaying the The TextView's I need to display but I don't know how to display all these different images next to my text views in my ListView.

After going through many threads in SO. The top answers are to solve this by 1. Lazy List 2. Universal Image Loader

I have gone through both the solutions. I downloaded Lazy List codes in which the URL's are hardcoded strings stored in an Array. What I would like to do is create my own Strings dynamically. Store them onto cache and display all the corresponding images.

Here is my code:

public class Tools_ListItemActivity extends ListActivity 
{
    private Context context;
    String s;

    private static final String TAG_POSTS = "posts";
    private static final String TAG_MDNAME = "mdname";
    private static final String TAG_UTCOST = "utcost";
    private static final String TAG_IIMG= "iimg";
    JSONArray posts = null;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        s=getIntent().getExtras().getString("url");
        new ProgressTask(Tools_ListItemActivity.this).execute();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);
    }

ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> jsonlist = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();

     ListView lv ;



      private class ProgressTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Boolean> {
      private ProgressDialog dialog;

       public ProgressTask(ListActivity activity) {

       Log.i("1", "Called");
       context = activity;
       dialog = new ProgressDialog(context);
      }

       /** progress dialog to show user that the backup is processing. */

       /** application context. */
      private Context context;

       protected void onPreExecute() {
       this.dialog.setMessage("Progress start");
       this.dialog.show();
      }

       @Override
      protected void onPostExecute(final Boolean success) {
       if (dialog.isShowing()) {
        dialog.dismiss();
       }
       ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleAdapter(context, jsonlist,
         R.layout.activity_toolsitem, new String[] { TAG_IIMG, TAG_MDNAME, TAG_UTCOST  }, new int[] {
           R.id.imageViewUrl, R.id.mdname, R.id.utcost });

        setListAdapter(adapter);

        // selecting single ListView item
        lv = getListView();

      }

       protected Boolean doInBackground(final String... args) {

        JSONParser jParser = new JSONParser();

        // getting JSON string from URL
        JSONObject json = jParser.getJSONFromUrl(s);


        try {
            posts = json.getJSONArray(TAG_POSTS);
        } catch (JSONException e1) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }
        try
        {
        // looping through All Contacts
        for(int i = 0; i < posts.length(); i++){
            JSONObject c = posts.getJSONObject(i);

            // Storing each json item in variable
            String mdname = c.getString(TAG_MDNAME);
            String utcost= c.getString(TAG_UTCOST);
            String iimg=c.getString(TAG_IIMG);

            //Forming the Url of the image to be shown in the list view
            String imageUrl="My_App_URL"+iimg;

/*  try {

              String imageUrl="My_App_URL"+iimg;
              ImageView imageView = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageViewUrl);
              Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream((InputStream)new URL(imageUrl).getContent());
              imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap); 
            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
            } */


            // creating new HashMap
            HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();

            // adding each child node to HashMap key => value
            map.put(TAG_MDNAME, mdname);
            map.put(TAG_UTCOST, utcost);
            map.put(TAG_IIMG, iimg);



         jsonlist.add(map);
        } }catch (JSONException e) 
        {
         // TODO Auto-generated catch block
         e.printStackTrace();
        }


        return null;


       }

      }





}

Here i have debugged and found out that imageUrl gets formed correctly. Json only returns the name of the jpg so i append that to the URL and Store it in imageUrl. The other two textviews are getting properly parsed and displayed. If any one can help me out in displaying the images in the image view too then it would be great. Thanks.

Update: I was able to solve my particular problem with the help of the link shared by Pankaj(https://github.com/AndroidBegin/Android-JSON-Parse-Images-and-Texts-Tutorial) and the concept knowledge shared by Raghunandan down below. Please go through these answers for a detailed explanation as well as implementation of Lazy loading. My apologies for not being able to reward an answer with bounty as i was away for two days.

Answer 1

Lazy loading using Universal Imageloader. Replace the hardcoded urls with url of images.

Modify the below according to your requirements

What's LazyList?. Check this link for details.

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

  private String[] mStrings={
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/670625317/aam-logo-v3-twitter.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/740897825/AndroidCast-350_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/121630227/Droid_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/957149154/twitterhalf_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/97470808/icon_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/511790713/AG.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/956404323/androinica-avatar_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/909231146/Android_Biz_Man_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/72774055/AndroidHomme-LOGO_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/349012784/android_logo_small_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/841338368/ea-twitter-icon.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/64827025/android-wallpaper6_2560x160_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/77641093/AndroidPlanet_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/605536070/twitterProfilePhoto_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/850960042/elandroidelibre-logo_300x300_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/655119538/andbook.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/768060227/ap4u_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/74724754/android_logo_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/681537837/SmallAvatarx150_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/63737974/2008-11-06_1637_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/548410609/icon_8_73.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/612232882/nexusoneavatar_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/213722080/Bugdroid-phone_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/645523828/OT_icon_090918_android_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/64827025/android-wallpaper6_2560x160_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/77641093/AndroidPlanet.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/605536070/twitterProfilePhoto_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/850960042/elandroidelibre-logo_300x300_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/655119538/andbook_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/511790713/AG_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/956404323/androinica-avatar.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/909231146/Android_Biz_Man_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/72774055/AndroidHomme-LOGO_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/349012784/android_logo_small_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/841338368/ea-twitter-icon_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/64827025/android-wallpaper6_2560x160_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/77641093/AndroidPlanet.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/605536070/twitterProfilePhoto_normal.jpg",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/64827025/android-wallpaper6_2560x160_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/77641093/AndroidPlanet_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/605536070/twitterProfilePhoto_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/850960042/elandroidelibre-logo_300x300.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/655119538/andbook_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/511790713/AG_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/956404323/androinica-avatar_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/909231146/Android_Biz_Man_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/121630227/Droid.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/957149154/twitterhalf_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/97470808/icon_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/511790713/AG_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/956404323/androinica-avatar_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/909231146/Android_Biz_Man.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/72774055/AndroidHomme-LOGO_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/349012784/android_logo_small_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/841338368/ea-twitter-icon_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/64827025/android-wallpaper6_2560x160_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/77641093/AndroidPlanet.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/670625317/aam-logo-v3-twitter_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/740897825/AndroidCast-350_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/121630227/Droid_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/957149154/twitterhalf_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/97470808/icon.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/511790713/AG_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/956404323/androinica-avatar_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/909231146/Android_Biz_Man_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/72774055/AndroidHomme-LOGO_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/349012784/android_logo_small_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/841338368/ea-twitter-icon.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/64827025/android-wallpaper6_2560x160_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/77641093/AndroidPlanet_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/605536070/twitterProfilePhoto_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/850960042/elandroidelibre-logo_300x300_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/655119538/andbook_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/768060227/ap4u_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/74724754/android_logo.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/681537837/SmallAvatarx150_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/63737974/2008-11-06_1637_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/548410609/icon_8_73_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/612232882/nexusoneavatar_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/213722080/Bugdroid-phone_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/645523828/OT_icon_090918_android.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/64827025/android-wallpaper6_2560x160_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/77641093/AndroidPlanet_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/605536070/twitterProfilePhoto_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/850960042/elandroidelibre-logo_300x300_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/655119538/andbook.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/511790713/AG_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/956404323/androinica-avatar_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/909231146/Android_Biz_Man_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/72774055/AndroidHomme-LOGO_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/349012784/android_logo_small_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/841338368/ea-twitter-icon.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/64827025/android-wallpaper6_2560x160_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/77641093/AndroidPlanet_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/605536070/twitterProfilePhoto_normal.jpg",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/64827025/android-wallpaper6_2560x160_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/77641093/AndroidPlanet_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/605536070/twitterProfilePhoto.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/850960042/elandroidelibre-logo_300x300_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/655119538/andbook_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/511790713/AG_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/956404323/androinica-avatar_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/909231146/Android_Biz_Man_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/121630227/Droid_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/957149154/twitterhalf.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/97470808/icon_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/511790713/AG_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/956404323/androinica-avatar_normal.png",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/909231146/Android_Biz_Man_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/72774055/AndroidHomme-LOGO_normal.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/349012784/android_logo_small.jpg",
            "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/841338368/ea-twitter-icon_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/64827025/android-wallpaper6_2560x160_normal.png",
            "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/77641093/AndroidPlanet_normal.png"
    };

    ListView lv;    
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        lv= (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv);
        lv.setAdapter(new LazyAdapter(this,mStrings));
    }
}

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >
    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/lv"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:background="#000000"
        android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
        android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"
        android:layout_weight="2.0"
        android:divider="#000000"
        android:headerDividersEnabled="false"
        android:footerDividersEnabled="false"
        android:dividerHeight="8dp"
        android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"
        />
</RelativeLayout>

LazyAdapter.java

public class LazyAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
    private Activity activity;
    private String data[];
    private LayoutInflater inflater=null;
    public ImageLoader imageLoader; 
    DisplayImageOptions options;
    public LazyAdapter(Activity a, String[] d) {
        activity = a;
        data=d;
        inflater = (LayoutInflater)activity.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        File cacheDir = StorageUtils.getOwnCacheDirectory(a, "MyFolderCache");

        // Get singletone instance of ImageLoader
        imageLoader = ImageLoader.getInstance();
        // Create configuration for ImageLoader (all options are optional)
        ImageLoaderConfiguration config = new ImageLoaderConfiguration.Builder(a)
              // You can pass your own memory cache implementation
             .discCacheExtraOptions(1024, 1024, CompressFormat.PNG, 100)
             .discCache(new UnlimitedDiscCache(cacheDir)) // You can pass your own disc cache implementation
             .discCacheFileNameGenerator(new HashCodeFileNameGenerator())
             .enableLogging()
             .build();
        // Initialize ImageLoader with created configuration. Do it once.
        imageLoader.init(config);
        //imageLoader.init(ImageLoaderConfiguration.createDefault(a));
        // imageLoader=new ImageLoader(activity.getApplicationContext());
        options = new DisplayImageOptions.Builder()
             .showStubImage(R.drawable.ic_launcher)
             .cacheInMemory()
             .cacheOnDisc()
             .displayer(new RoundedBitmapDisplayer(20))
             .build();
    }

    public int getCount() {
        return data.length;
    }

    public Object getItem(int position) {
        return position;
    }

    public long getItemId(int position) {
        return position;
    }

    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        View vi=convertView;
        ViewHolder vh = new ViewHolder();;
        if(convertView==null)
        {

            vi = inflater.inflate(R.layout.row, null);   
            vh.iv=(ImageView)vi.findViewById(R.id.ivv); 
            vh.pb= (ProgressBar)vi.findViewById(R.id.pb); 
            vh.tv = (TextView) vi.findViewById(R.id.textView1);
            vh.tv1= (TextView) vi.findViewById(R.id.textView2);
        }
        vh.tv.setText("Image in postion =");
        vh.tv1.setText(""+position);
        display(vh.iv, data[position], vh.pb);
        //imageLoader.displayImage(data.get(position).toString(), image,options);
        return vi;
    }

    public void display(ImageView img, String url, final ProgressBar spinner)
    {
        imageLoader.displayImage(url, img, options, new ImageLoadingListener() {
            @Override
            public void onLoadingStarted(String imageUri, View view) {
                spinner.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            }
            @Override
            public void onLoadingFailed(String imageUri, View view, FailReason failReason) {
                spinner.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }
            @Override
            public void onLoadingComplete(String imageUri, View view, Bitmap loadedImage) {
            spinner.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }
            @Override
            public void onLoadingCancelled(String imageUri, View view) {

            }
        });
    }

    public static class ViewHolder
    {
        ImageView iv;
        TextView tv,tv1;
        ProgressBar pb;
    }
}

row.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" />
    <ProgressBar 
        android:id="@+id/pb"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_above="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="21dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="31dp"
        android:text="TextView" />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:text="TextView" />
</RelativeLayout>

Add permission in manifest

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>