Android Question Loading Bitmap on network

[Chianca]

Hello, I'm using smb library to list all images placed on my file server, and load any image when it's necessary. So, I dont want to download them before showing it... There is any possibility to use LoadBitmap with the network path, instead using the local file path?

Sample:

Local use:

ImageView_Product.Bitmap = LoadBitmap(File.DirAssets,"image.jpg")

Network use:

ImageView_Product.Bitmap = LoadBitmap("smb://192.168.25.200/share/images","image.jpg")

Thanks!

 

[Linostar]

Even if there is a way with LoadBitmap to show them without downloading them, it's still the same. I mean that, for example, when you decide to open a remote file in a browser or view an image without downloading it, what's really happening is that the browser downloaded the file/image to a temporary directory on your local hard disk and opened it from there.

You can do the same in your case: create am temporary directory, download your images there so you can view them locally, and (optionally) delete them when you're done with them.