BitmapDrawable does not respect scaleType on view

Question

I want to display an image synchronously on a view, and I am using Universal Image Loader:

https://github.com/nostra13/Android-Universal-Image-Loader

On async call the library displays the image properly. Though, doing something like this:

myImageView.setBackground(new BitmapDrawable(getApplicationContext().getResources(), ImageLoader.getInstance().loadImageSync("path/to/image")));

The image gets displayed, ignoring my scaleType on layout, which is centerCrop. I want to do this without having to process the image which would increase the load time. I have been searching Google for 4 hours now without luck. I landed on some threads in here but they are not helpful.

Thank you for your time.

Answer 1

You should use setImageDrawable() instead of setBackground() . Using the image as a background will always ignore the scale type.

myImageView.setImageDrawable(new BitmapDrawable(getApplicationContext().getResources(), ImageLoader.getInstance().loadImageSync("path/to/image")));