http://stackoverflow.com/questions/541966/android-how-do-i-do-a-lazy-load-of-images-in-listview/2773496#2773496
public DrawableManager() {
drawableMap = new HashMap<String, SoftReference<Drawable>>();
}
public Drawable fetchDrawable(String urlString) {
SoftReference<Drawable> drawableRef = drawableMap.get(urlString);
if (drawableRef != null) {
Drawable drawable = drawableRef.get();
if (drawable != null)
return drawable;
// Reference has expired so remove the key from drawableMap
drawableMap.remove(urlString);
}
if (Constants.LOGGING) Log.d(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "image url:" + urlString);
try {
InputStream is = fetch(urlString);
Drawable drawable = Drawable.createFromStream(is, "src");
drawableRef = new SoftReference<Drawable>(drawable);
drawableMap.put(urlString, drawableRef);
if (Constants.LOGGING) Log.d(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "got a thumbnail drawable: " + drawable.getBounds() + ", "
+ drawable.getIntrinsicHeight() + "," + drawable.getIntrinsicWidth() + ", "
+ drawable.getMinimumHeight() + "," + drawable.getMinimumWidth());
return drawableRef.get();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
if (Constants.LOGGING) Log.e(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "fetchDrawable failed", e);
return null;
} catch (IOException e) {
if (Constants.LOGGING) Log.e(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "fetchDrawable failed", e);
return null;
}
}
public void fetchDrawableOnThread(final String urlString, final ImageView imageView) {
SoftReference<Drawable> drawableRef = drawableMap.get(urlString);
if (drawableRef != null) {
Drawable drawable = drawableRef.get();
if (drawable != null) {
imageView.setImageDrawable(drawableRef.get());
return;
}
// Reference has expired so remove the key from drawableMap
drawableMap.remove(urlString);
}
final Handler handler = new Handler() {
@Override
public void handleMessage(Message message) {
imageView.setImageDrawable((Drawable) message.obj);
}
};
Thread thread = new Thread() {
@Override
public void run() {
//TODO : set imageView to a "pending" image
Drawable drawable = fetchDrawable(urlString);
Message message = handler.obtainMessage(1, drawable);
handler.sendMessage(message);
}
};
thread.start();
}