display NetworkImageView's default image without network request

Question

I have a ListView displaying things, many of which have an illustrative image and some of which don't. The ViewHolder uses NetworkImageView to display the illustrations.

The problem is that even if a default image is set, it won't be displayed until one calls setImageUrl(), which in turn will set the source bitmap of the view to null if the url is empty. If the url isn't empty, it makes a request. This means that one is forced to make a network request even if there isn't a valid network url associated with that particular view, otherwise instead of displaying the default image it displays an empty view.

(issue filed: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=59538)

Is there a way around making bogus network requests for items without a valid url?

Answer 1

This works just fine for me:

    String url = getURL();
    NetworkImageView niv = (NetworkImageView)rootView.findViewById(R.id.niv);
    if(url.length() > 0)
        niv.setImageUrl(url, imageLoader);
    niv.setDefaultImageResId(R.drawable._default);
    niv.setErrorImageResId(R.drawable.error);

Answer 2

For NetworkImageView there is a variable defined named as mDefaultImageId You can use this for defining default image's resource

Here is how you can do it-

Create a file named attrs.xml, in that put this lines -

<declare-styleable name="DefaultImageResId">
    <attr name="default_image_resource" format="reference" />
</declare-styleable>

Create a class named CustomNetworkImageView and use following code -

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.TypedArray;
import android.util.AttributeSet;

import com.android.volley.toolbox.NetworkImageView;
import com.myapp.R;

public class CustomNetworkImageView extends NetworkImageView {
    public CustomNetworkImageView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public CustomNetworkImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        setDefaultImageResId(context, attrs);
    }

    public CustomNetworkImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        setDefaultImageResId(context, attrs);
    }

    private void setDefaultImageResId(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        TypedArray typedArray = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.DefaultImageResId);
        int resId = typedArray.getResourceId(R.styleable.DefaultImageResId_default_image_resource, 0);

        if (0 != resId)
            setDefaultImageResId(resId);
    }
}

Now in your regular layout xml file use like this -

<com.myapp.CustomNetworkImageView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
     android:id="@+id/img"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     app:default_image_resource="@drawable/defaultimage"/>

Remember, line xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" is very important at the root element of your layout file Then add app:default_image_resource

You are done!!! Now you can even mention image from your xml