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Android best way to retrieve images and view them from external source

I'm going to be making a wallpaper app but need some guidance on how I am going to be able to store, retrieve and view the wallpapers.

Will I need to make use of ImageView so I will be able to display the images?

I'm going to need some sort of database/website to store all of the wallpapers on. What would be the best thing to do, use a database or a website?

How would I go about retrieving the wallpapers from my chosen source?

Any help/advice would be appreciated, thanks.

Solution

  • A common practice is to use an rss feed of images. Then, just hook up your app to the rss feed and have it check for updates periodically.

    Here is a reference on reading xml (rss) in Android: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/x-android/index.html

    Good luck.