How to load an image from the assets folder in android?

By | August 16, 2012

Here is a simple example showing how to load an image stores in assets folder in android?

package com.coderzheaven.pack;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.res.AssetManager;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ImageView;
 
public class LoadImageFromAssetsDemo extends Activity {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
         
        // Get the AssetManager
        AssetManager manager = getAssets();
 
        // Read a Bitmap from Assets
        try {
            InputStream open = manager.open("icon.png");
            Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(open);
            // Assign the bitmap to an ImageView in this layout
            ImageView view = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.ImageView01);
            view.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Done.

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