What is the easiest way to render an image from a ...
# glancer
Rodri Represa
10/14/2022, 7:15 AMWhat is the easiest way to render an image from a url on glance? retrieving the url from backend on the worker -> downloading it and storing in the device -> send the uri to the state and render it?
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Kimon
10/14/2022, 7:24 AMI believe this is what you are looking for:
https://github.com/android/user-interface-samples/tree/main/AppWidget/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/appwidget/glance/image
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Rodri Represa
10/14/2022, 9:19 AMThanks!! @Kimon
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Allen Baker
10/14/2022, 2:37 PMI'm using Glide (or structured concurrency with coroutines) and caching the image URI for each item when converting my API model to the widget model (storing the cached image URI in the widget model)
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bbade_
10/14/2022, 8:43 PMAlso fwiw, we are considering more support around loading images from urls in the future.
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