conver image URi to Integer

[shawn peter]

In my application ,there is a image array.

Integer[] images = new Integer[global.getID().length];

I have a URi of a Photo.I need that URi to add to that image array.How to convert image URI to INTEGER ?

[Ulf Dittmer]

A URI has much more information than fits into an integer. What is the underlying problem you're trying to solve?

[shawn peter]

in my application i have contatct numbers(Phone numbers ex :0717675453);

So i need to get photo related to each numbers.Then i am going to add them to INTEGER array.So i have phone numbers ,images as arays.Then in a loop i add them to a contact objects.
So i have a method which returns a photo as a URI when i gave a contact no(0712345643).I need to add a URI to INTERGER array.

[Maneesh Godbole]

A Map will be a better structure for what you are trying to do.
The phone number can be the key and the image URI the value

[shawn peter]

actually i used Integer array for images,if i don't find a photo i give default image from drawable folder.So drawable images are represent as integers.

[Steve Luke]

sameera liyanage wrote:actually i used Integer array for images,if i don't find a photo i give default image from drawable folder.So drawable images are represent as integers.

So the integer you want is specifically a Resource ID found in the R.drawable class (because that is how the integer you use for the default image would be used). Those IDs are created at compile time, so you can not do what you want. You need a different way of specifying the image.

[shawn peter]

So i have image URI now.can you tell me How to show them in my app?

[Steve Luke]

Have you looked into the API? What view are you using to show the image? An ImageView has a pretty obvious method to use. On the other hand, you probably want to download the image and store it in the app's data folder, then display it from there (so the user doesn't have to be connected to the internet to show the image). So you will probably want a background task to do the downloading for you. You would then use a Bitmap to load the image from disk, and display the loaded Bitmap.