GridView example: load images to GridView from SD Card in background

Recall from the "old exercise of GridView", loading images to GridView from SD Card in onCreate() method running in main thread. Actually, it may take long time to finish, so it should be moved to background thread. This exercise move the file loading operation to AsyncTask running in background thread.

Also introduce Reload button to demonstrate how to clear and reload the list.

Here are some notes in my implementation:

• In my trial experience, should not access ImageAdapter(extends BaseAdapter) from background thread such as doInBackground(). Doing so will conflict with ImageAdapter's getView() method, and generate IndexOutOfBoundsException occasionally. It whould be accessed in UI thread, so the clear(), add() and notifyDataSetChanged() have been moved to onPreExecute(), onProgressUpdate() and onPostExecute().
• Cancel the AsyncTask if not need.
• In my approach, always new another ImageAdapter when reloading; to prevent the list inside mixed with a invalid but still running AsyncTask.

package com.example.androidgridview;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.GridView;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
 AsyncTaskLoadFiles myAsyncTaskLoadFiles;

 public class AsyncTaskLoadFiles extends AsyncTask<Void, String, Void> {
  
  File targetDirector;
  ImageAdapter myTaskAdapter;

  public AsyncTaskLoadFiles(ImageAdapter adapter) {
   myTaskAdapter = adapter;
  }

  @Override
  protected void onPreExecute() {
   String ExternalStorageDirectoryPath = Environment
     .getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();

   String targetPath = ExternalStorageDirectoryPath + "/test/";
   targetDirector = new File(targetPath);
   myTaskAdapter.clear();
   
   super.onPreExecute();
  }

  @Override
  protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
   
   File[] files = targetDirector.listFiles();
   for (File file : files) {
    publishProgress(file.getAbsolutePath());
    if (isCancelled()) break;
   }
   return null;
  }

  @Override
  protected void onProgressUpdate(String... values) {
   myTaskAdapter.add(values[0]);
   super.onProgressUpdate(values);
  }

  @Override
  protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
   myTaskAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
   super.onPostExecute(result);
  }

 }

 public class ImageAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

  private Context mContext;
  ArrayList<String> itemList = new ArrayList<String>();

  public ImageAdapter(Context c) {
   mContext = c;
  }

  void add(String path) {
   itemList.add(path);
  }
  
  void clear() {
   itemList.clear();
  }
  
  void remove(int index){
   itemList.remove(index);
  }

  @Override
  public int getCount() {
   return itemList.size();
  }

  @Override
  public Object getItem(int position) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   return itemList.get(position);
  }

  @Override
  public long getItemId(int position) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   return 0;
  }

  @Override
  public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
   ImageView imageView;
   if (convertView == null) { // if it's not recycled, initialize some
          // attributes
    imageView = new ImageView(mContext);
    imageView.setLayoutParams(new GridView.LayoutParams(220, 220));
    imageView.setScaleType(ImageView.ScaleType.CENTER_CROP);
    imageView.setPadding(8, 8, 8, 8);
   } else {
    imageView = (ImageView) convertView;
   }

   Bitmap bm = decodeSampledBitmapFromUri(itemList.get(position), 220,
     220);

   imageView.setImageBitmap(bm);
   return imageView;
  }

  public Bitmap decodeSampledBitmapFromUri(String path, int reqWidth,
    int reqHeight) {

   Bitmap bm = null;
   // First decode with inJustDecodeBounds=true to check dimensions
   final BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
   options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
   BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);

   // Calculate inSampleSize
   options.inSampleSize = calculateInSampleSize(options, reqWidth,
     reqHeight);

   // Decode bitmap with inSampleSize set
   options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
   bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);

   return bm;
  }

  public int calculateInSampleSize(

  BitmapFactory.Options options, int reqWidth, int reqHeight) {
   // Raw height and width of image
   final int height = options.outHeight;
   final int width = options.outWidth;
   int inSampleSize = 1;

   if (height > reqHeight || width > reqWidth) {
    if (width > height) {
     inSampleSize = Math.round((float) height
       / (float) reqHeight);
    } else {
     inSampleSize = Math.round((float) width / (float) reqWidth);
    }
   }

   return inSampleSize;
  }

 }

 ImageAdapter myImageAdapter;

 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

  final GridView gridview = (GridView) findViewById(R.id.gridview);
  myImageAdapter = new ImageAdapter(this);
  gridview.setAdapter(myImageAdapter);

  /*
   * Move to asyncTaskLoadFiles String ExternalStorageDirectoryPath =
   * Environment .getExternalStorageDirectory() .getAbsolutePath();
   * 
   * String targetPath = ExternalStorageDirectoryPath + "/test/";
   * 
   * Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), targetPath,
   * Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); File targetDirector = new
   * File(targetPath);
   * 
   * File[] files = targetDirector.listFiles(); for (File file : files){
   * myImageAdapter.add(file.getAbsolutePath()); }
   */
  myAsyncTaskLoadFiles = new AsyncTaskLoadFiles(myImageAdapter);
  myAsyncTaskLoadFiles.execute();

  gridview.setOnItemClickListener(myOnItemClickListener);
  
  Button buttonReload = (Button)findViewById(R.id.reload);
  buttonReload.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    
    //Cancel the previous running task, if exist.
    myAsyncTaskLoadFiles.cancel(true);
    
    //new another ImageAdapter, to prevent the adapter have
    //mixed files
    myImageAdapter = new ImageAdapter(MainActivity.this);
    gridview.setAdapter(myImageAdapter);
    myAsyncTaskLoadFiles = new AsyncTaskLoadFiles(myImageAdapter);
    myAsyncTaskLoadFiles.execute();
   }});

 }

 OnItemClickListener myOnItemClickListener = new OnItemClickListener() {

  @Override
  public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position,
    long id) {
   String prompt = "remove " + (String) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
   Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), prompt, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
     .show();
   
   myImageAdapter.remove(position);
   myImageAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

  }
 };

}

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" 
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/reload"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Reload"/>
    <GridView
        android:id="@+id/gridview"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:columnWidth="90dp"
        android:numColumns="auto_fit"
        android:verticalSpacing="10dp"
        android:horizontalSpacing="10dp"
        android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
        android:gravity="center"/>

</LinearLayout>

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