Load image using bytearray

[sunildhiman90]

Hi,

Can we load image from ByteArray in compose imageloader?
if yes how we can do that?

Thanks

[sunildhiman90]

Actually it is not loading image from ios uri, I used compose-multiplatform-file-picker for picking the file from iOS files, then i use rememberImagePainter, it does not load image. I gets this error in the logs:

2024-01-06 14:37:54.858217+0530 KMPAppExample[9447:410797] [DocumentManager] The view service did terminate with error: Error Domain=_UIViewServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "(null)" UserInfo={Terminated=disconnect method}

And this is the path of image which im getting from file picker and using in rememberImagePainter:
/Users/sunil/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/F38BFB2D-6776-4B28-9D06-54D521E45237/data/Containers/Shared/AppGroup/8F44B401-AFFC-4219-ACFF-65142F2384AA/File Provider Storage/images (1)-536DD7B9-38CB-49E6-B42E-8FF33DB31BD5.JPEG

[qdsfdhvh]

You can add a custom Fetcher like this:

class ByteArrayFetcher(
    private val data: ByteArray,
) : Fetcher {
    override suspend fun fetch(): FetchResult {
        return FetchResult.OfSource(
            source = Buffer().apply {
                write(data)
            }
        )
    }

    class Factory : Fetcher.Factory {
        override fun create(data: Any, options: Options): Fetcher? {
            if (data !is ByteArray) return null
            return ByteArrayFetcher(data)
        }
    }
}

and then:

ImageLoader {
    components {
        add(ByteArrayFetcher.Factory())
    }
}

[qdsfdhvh]

In the next version, I'll add to the default support #412

[sunildhiman90]

@qdsfdhvh And how we can use it?

Like this with custom request and imageLoader in rememberImagePainter:

` val imageLoader = ImageLoader {
components {
add(ByteArrayFetcher.Factory())
}
}

    Image(
        painter = rememberImagePainter(request = ImageRequest(data = byteArray), imageLoader = imageLoader),
        contentDescription = "",
        modifier = Modifier
            .padding(16.dp)
            .size(50.dp)
    )`

[qdsfdhvh]

In addition to configuring it in ImageLoader, you can also configure it directly in ImageRequest, like this:

val request = remember {
    ImageRequest(data = byteArray) {
        components {
            add(ByteArrayFetcher.Factory())
        }
    }
}
Image(
    painter = rememberImagePainter(request),
    // ...
)

in version 1.7.2, default config is support ByteArray.

[sunildhiman90]

Ok @qdsfdhvh huge thanks.

[sunildhiman90]

Hi @qdsfdhvh i tried it, But its not working, not sure if issue is with compose-multiplatform-file-picker get byte array logic or its with compose image loader. Did u tried it yourself?

[qdsfdhvh]

Hi @sunildhiman90 , ByteArray should work fine, but there seems to be something wrong with MPFile.getFileByteArray() when I test it, so i used MPFile.platformFile, in #416, I supported android.net.Uri in android, platform.Foundation.NSURL in apple and java.io.File in desktop, and also support okio.Path, if some MPFile.platformFile not support, you can convert it to okio.Path in next verison 1.7.3.

[sunildhiman90]

@qdsfdhvh I tried using platformFile as well, its also not working. So how can i load that image now from iOS file picker using compose image loader?

[qdsfdhvh]

use version 1.7.3 and MPFile.platformFile, here is my test code.

[sunildhiman90]

Thanks @qdsfdhvh, its working fine that way as u mentioned in version 1.7.3 and with MPFile.platformFile.

One question here, suppose i want to get the byte array of this image in base64 format, then how can i do that by any way or by any library in compose multiplatform, any idea?

[qdsfdhvh]

Maybe need to manually extend MPFile and implement ByteArray reading for each platform (due to the issue with the default getFileByteArray()), and then perform base64 encoding.

[sunildhiman90]

Hi one question here, why didnt you made these changes with compose multiplatform version 1.5.11 instead of 1.6.0-dev1334 ?

[qdsfdhvh]

Mainly because of the dependency on compose.components.resources, I am currently using the new-resources-gradle-plugin from compose-multiplatform to manage resources. These changes have already been merged, so it is currently not convenient to downgrade the version of compose-multiplatform.