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Asked: 2026-06-02T02:06:38+00:00

I gotta extract images from internet and apply them as a LinearLayout’s background –

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I gotta extract images from internet and apply them as a LinearLayout’s background – is it possible ? I haven’t seen any appropriate methods for this yet.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Sure.

    Just get the InputStream of the image:

    InputStream is = (InputStream) new URL(url).getContent();

    Get the Drawable from the stream:

    Drawable d = Drawable.createFromStream(is, "src name");

    Then set the LinearLayout Background Drawable:

    linearLayout.setBackgroundDrawable(d);

    This actually sets the image directly from the stream. You may want to use an ASyncTask to pull down the drawable in the background and set it afterwards:
    http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html

    You may want to research lazy loaders as well:
    http://evancharlton.com/thoughts/lazy-loading-images-in-a-listview

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