Does Glide have a method for loading both PNG and SVG?

Question

I'm using Glide to load some images asynchronously into some of my ImageViews, and I know it can handle images like PNG or JPG as it can handle SVG.

Thing is, As far as I know, the way I load those two kinds of image differs. Like:

Loading "normal" images

Glide.with(mContext)
                .load("URL")
                .into(cardHolder.iv_card);

Loading SVG

GenericRequestBuilder<Uri, InputStream, SVG, PictureDrawable> requestBuilder = Glide.with(mContext)
        .using(Glide.buildStreamModelLoader(Uri.class, mContext), InputStream.class)
        .from(Uri.class)
        .as(SVG.class)
        .transcode(new SvgDrawableTranscoder(), PictureDrawable.class)
        .sourceEncoder(new StreamEncoder())
        .cacheDecoder(new FileToStreamDecoder<>(new SVGDecoder()))
        .decoder(new SVGDecoder())
        .listener(new SvgSoftwareLayerSetter<Uri>());

requestBuilder
        .diskCacheStrategy(DiskCacheStrategy.NONE)
        .load(Uri.parse("URL"))
        .into(cardHolder.iv_card);

And if I try to load SVG with the first method it won't work. If I try to load PNG or JPG with the second method, it won't work either.

Is there a generic way to load both image types using Glide?

The server where I'm fetching those images from don't tell me the image type before I download it. It's a REST server and the resource will be retrieved in a way like "http://foo.bar/resource". The only way to know the image type is reading the HEAD response.

Answer 1

You can use Glide & AndroidSVG together to achieve your goal.

There is sample from Glide for SVG.Sample Example

Setup RequestBuilder

requestBuilder = Glide.with(mActivity)
    .using(Glide.buildStreamModelLoader(Uri.class, mActivity), InputStream.class)
    .from(Uri.class)
    .as(SVG.class)
    .transcode(new SvgDrawableTranscoder(), PictureDrawable.class)
    .sourceEncoder(new StreamEncoder())
    .cacheDecoder(new FileToStreamDecoder<SVG>(new SvgDecoder()))
    .decoder(new SvgDecoder())
    .placeholder(R.drawable.ic_facebook)
    .error(R.drawable.ic_web)
    .animate(android.R.anim.fade_in)
    .listener(new SvgSoftwareLayerSetter<Uri>());

Use RequestBuilder with uri

Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Svg_example3.svg");
requestBuilder
    .diskCacheStrategy(DiskCacheStrategy.SOURCE)
    // SVG cannot be serialized so it's not worth to cache it
    .load(uri)
    .into(mImageView);

This way you can achieve your goal. I hope this is helpful.

Answer 2

I added a flexible decoding pipeline to decode an image or SVG, maybe can help! based on glide SVG example

Decoder

class SvgOrImageDecoder : ResourceDecoder<InputStream, SvgOrImageDecodedResource> {

override fun handles(source: InputStream, options: Options): Boolean {
    return true
}

@Throws(IOException::class)
override fun decode(
    source: InputStream, width: Int, height: Int,
    options: Options
): Resource<SvgOrImageDecodedResource>? {
    val array = source.readBytes()
    val svgInputStream = ByteArrayInputStream(array.clone())
    val pngInputStream = ByteArrayInputStream(array.clone())

    return try {
        val svg = SVG.getFromInputStream(svgInputStream)

        try {
            source.close()
            pngInputStream.close()
        } catch (e: IOException) {}

        SimpleResource(SvgOrImageDecodedResource(svg))
    } catch (ex: SVGParseException) {
        try {
            val bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(pngInputStream)
            SimpleResource(SvgOrImageDecodedResource(bitmap = bitmap))
        } catch (exception: Exception){
            try {
                source.close()
                pngInputStream.close()
            } catch (e: IOException) {}
            throw IOException("Cannot load SVG or Image from stream", ex)
        }
    }
}

Transcoder

class SvgOrImageDrawableTranscoder : ResourceTranscoder<SvgOrImageDecodedResource, PictureDrawable> {
override fun transcode(
    toTranscode: Resource<SvgOrImageDecodedResource>,
    options: Options
): Resource<PictureDrawable>? {
    val data = toTranscode.get()

    if (data.svg != null) {
        val picture = data.svg.renderToPicture()
        val drawable = PictureDrawable(picture)
        return SimpleResource(drawable)
    } else if (data.bitmap != null)
        return SimpleResource(PictureDrawable(renderToPicture(data.bitmap)))
    else return null
}

private fun renderToPicture(bitmap: Bitmap): Picture{
    val picture = Picture()
    val canvas = picture.beginRecording(bitmap.width, bitmap.height)
    canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, null, RectF(0f, 0f, bitmap.width.toFloat(), bitmap.height.toFloat()), null)
    picture.endRecording();

    return picture
}

Decoded Resource

data class SvgOrImageDecodedResource(
val svg:SVG? = null,
val bitmap: Bitmap? = null)

Glide Module

class AppGlideModule : AppGlideModule() {
override fun registerComponents(
    context: Context, glide: Glide, registry: Registry
) {
    registry.register(SvgOrImageDecodedResource::class.java, PictureDrawable::class.java, SvgOrImageDrawableTranscoder())
        .append(InputStream::class.java, SvgOrImageDecodedResource::class.java, SvgOrImageDecoder())
}

// Disable manifest parsing to avoid adding similar modules twice.
override fun isManifestParsingEnabled(): Boolean {
    return false
}

}

Answer 3

ALTERNATIVE WAY : kotlin + Coil

This solution will work well with .svg , .png , .jpg

add dependency:

//Coil (https://github.com/coil-kt/coil)
implementation("io.coil-kt:coil:1.2.0")
implementation("io.coil-kt:coil-svg:1.2.0")

add this function to your code:

fun ImageView.loadUrl(url: String) {

val imageLoader = ImageLoader.Builder(this.context)
    .componentRegistry { add(SvgDecoder([email protected])) }
    .build()

val request = ImageRequest.Builder(this.context)
    .crossfade(true)
    .crossfade(500)
    .placeholder(R.drawable.placeholder)
    .error(R.drawable.error)
    .data(url)
    .target(this)
    .build()

imageLoader.enqueue(request)
}

Then call this method in your activity or fragment:

  imageView.loadUrl(url)
  // url example : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Red_jungle_fowl_white_background.png