Android decoder->decode returned false for Bitmap download

I've started getting a

DEBUG/skia(xxxx): --- decoder->decode returned false 

issue on a few profile images from Facebook that I use in ImageViews. Most work perfectly, but every once in a while I discover one that never works.

I am compiling my application against Android 1.6 for backward compatibility reasons.

I did some digging and discovered a number of threads on the issue. I'm already using the FlushedInputStream discussed here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6066

Bitmap b = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FlushedInputStream(is));
imageView.setImageBitmap(b);

Here's an example that's causing me trouble: http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs269.snc3/23132_639284607_390_q.jpg

Can someone check out the image and help me figure out what's causing the trouble?

Solution 1:

There is a bug in FlushedInputStream(is). it fails on slow connections but you can try my magical code to fix it.

Bitmap b = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FlushedInputStream(is));
imageView.setImageBitmap(b);

create a static class outside your method

 static class FlushedInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
        public FlushedInputStream(InputStream inputStream) {
            super(inputStream);
        }

        @Override
        public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
            long totalBytesSkipped = 0L;
            while (totalBytesSkipped < n) {
                long bytesSkipped = in.skip(n - totalBytesSkipped);
                if (bytesSkipped == 0L) {
                    int b = read();
                    if (b < 0) {
                        break;  // we reached EOF
                    } else {
                        bytesSkipped = 1; // we read one byte
                    }
                }
                totalBytesSkipped += bytesSkipped;
            }
            return totalBytesSkipped;
        }
    }

and here you go.. now you will not have any problem.

Solution 2:

Here is a way that worked for me:

HttpGet httpRequest = new HttpGet(url);
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse response = (HttpResponse) httpclient
                    .execute(httpRequest);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
BufferedHttpEntity bufferedHttpEntity = new BufferedHttpEntity(entity);
InputStream is = bufferedHttpEntity.getContent();
Drawable d = Drawable.createFromStream(is, "");
//or bitmap
//Bitmap b = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is);

Solution 3:

The source code from this ImageDownloader.java is a good orientation. It has a bug fix which addresses the Issue 6066 by providing a patched FlushedInputStream class.

Another thing which you might want to take care of, is to execute the decoding in the same thread as the HTTP request was executed:

@Override
protected Bitmap doInBackground(String... url) {
     // execute HTTP GET request and decode response
     ...
     return bitmap
}


@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Bitmap result) {
     imageView.setImageBitmap(result);
}

I had done the decoding in the onPostExecute(), which is executed in the UI thread, and it would not work anymore, giving me the same error.