I think URL.openStream js URl.openConnection().getInputStream() On Monday, April 30, 2012 11:02:06 PM UTC-4, momo wrote: > > I've been looking at the source for several open-source image loaders, and > am comparing the approaches. Looks like when processing the image data, > most involve URL.openStream, but from there it looks like there are a > couple different ways of decoding that stream to a Bitmap: > > 1. URL.openStream, then BitmapFactory.decodeStream > 2. URL.openStream, then Drawable.createFromStream > 3. URL.openConnection().getInputStream() then convert to byteArray, then > BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray > > I see there's a slight difference between #2 and the others - you get a > Drawable, but you don't get to specify decoding or sampling, so this seems > less preferable (you can always wrap the bitmap in BitmapDrawable later, > and inPreferredConfig can be critical). Anything else? > > What about the difference between #1 and #3 - is there any benefit to > converting to a byteArray first, then decoding that? And as regards the > first part - is there any difference between URL.openStream and > URl.openConnection().getInputStream()? They both just return the same > InputStream, no? > > TYIA. >
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