How to Display Image From Image File Path in Android using Jetpack Compose?
Last Updated :
29 Jul, 2022
ImageViews are used to display images in different formats within the Android Application. We can display images within our Image View from the image file name, bitmap, drawable file, and the image URL as well. In this article, we will take a look at How to load images from user devices within Image View using the image path within our Android Application using Jetpack Compose.
Step by Step Implementation
Step 1: Create a New Project in Android Studio
To create a new project in Android Studio please refer to How to Create/Start a New Project in Android Studio. While choosing the template, select Empty Compose Activity. If you do not find this template, try upgrading the Android Studio to the latest version. We demonstrated the application in Kotlin, so make sure you select Kotlin as the primary language while creating a New Project.
Step 2: Working with the MainActivity.kt file
Go to the MainActivity.kt file and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the MainActivity.kt file. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.
Kotlin
package com.example.newcanaryproject
import android.Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
import android.annotation.SuppressLint
import android.app.Activity
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver
import android.content.Context
import android.content.Intent
import android.content.IntentFilter
import android.content.pm.PackageManager
import android.content.res.ColorStateList
import android.database.Cursor
import android.graphics.Bitmap
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory
import android.os.Bundle
import android.os.Environment
import android.provider.MediaStore
import android.util.Log
import android.widget.TextClock
import android.widget.Toast
import android.widget.ToggleButton
import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
import androidx.compose.animation.animateColor
import androidx.compose.animation.core.*
import androidx.compose.foundation.ExperimentalFoundationApi
import androidx.compose.foundation.Image
import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.*
import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.GridCells
import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyVerticalGrid
import androidx.compose.material.*
import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Favorite
import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.FavoriteBorder
import androidx.compose.runtime.*
import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
import androidx.compose.ui.layout.ContentScale
import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
import androidx.compose.ui.res.colorResource
import androidx.compose.ui.res.painterResource
import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.Role.Companion.Image
import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextAlign
import androidx.compose.ui.unit.*
import androidx.compose.ui.viewinterop.AndroidView
import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat
import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat.requestPermissions
import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
import androidx.localbroadcastmanager.content.LocalBroadcastManager
import coil.compose.rememberImagePainter
import com.example.newcanaryproject.MainActivity2
import com.example.newcanaryproject.R
import com.example.newcanaryproject.ui.theme.*
import java.io.File
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
import java.util.*
class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContent {
NewCanaryProjectTheme {
// on below line we are specifying
// background color for our application
Surface(
modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(), color = MaterialTheme.colors.background
) {
// on below line we are specifying theme as scaffold.
Scaffold(
// in scaffold we are specifying top bar.
topBar = {
// inside top bar we are specifying background color.
TopAppBar(backgroundColor = greenColor,
// along with that we are specifying
// title for our top bar.
title = {
// in the top bar we are specifying tile as a text
Text(
// on below line we are specifying text
// to display in top app bar.
text = "GFG",
// on below line we are specifying modifier
// to fill max width.
modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
// on below line we are specifying
// text alignment.
textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
// on below line we are specifying
// color for our text.
color = Color.White
)
})
}) {
// on below line we are calling our function.
displayImage()
}
}
}
}
}
}
// on below line we are creating a
// function to read image from file path.
@Composable
fun displayImage() {
// on below line we are creating a column on below sides.
Column(
// on below line we are adding padding
// padding for our column and filling the max size.
Modifier
.fillMaxSize()
.fillMaxHeight()
.fillMaxWidth(),
// on below line we are adding
// horizontal alignment for our column
horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
// on below line we are adding
// vertical arrangement for our column
verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center
) {
Text(
// on below line we are specifying text to display.
text = "Image from File Path in Android",
// on below line we are specifying
// modifier to fill max width.
modifier = Modifier
.fillMaxWidth()
.padding(20.dp),
// on below line we are
// specifying text alignment.
textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
// on below line we are
// specifying color for our text.
color = Color.Black,
// on below line we are
// specifying font weight
fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
// on below line we
// are updating font size.
fontSize = 25.sp,
)
// on below line we are creating an image file and
// specifying path for the image file on below line.
val imgFile = File("/storage/emulated/0/Download/GeekforGeeksphoto.png")
// on below line we are checking if the image file exist or not.
var imgBitmap: Bitmap? = null
if (imgFile.exists()) {
// on below line we are creating an image bitmap variable
// and adding a bitmap to it from image file.
imgBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(imgFile.absolutePath)
}
Image(
// on the below line we are specifying the drawable image for our image.
// painter = painterResource(id = courseList[it].languageImg),
painter = rememberImagePainter(data = imgBitmap),
// on the below line we are specifying
// content description for our image
contentDescription = "Image",
// on the below line we are setting the height
// and width for our image.
modifier = Modifier
.fillMaxWidth()
.height(200.dp)
.padding(10.dp)
)
}
}
Now run our project to see the output of the application.Â
Output:
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