glidex.forms
1.0.3
See the version list below for details.
dotnet add package glidex.forms --version 1.0.3
NuGet\Install-Package glidex.forms -Version 1.0.3
<PackageReference Include="glidex.forms" Version="1.0.3" />
paket add glidex.forms --version 1.0.3
#r "nuget: glidex.forms, 1.0.3"
// Install glidex.forms as a Cake Addin #addin nuget:?package=glidex.forms&version=1.0.3 // Install glidex.forms as a Cake Tool #tool nuget:?package=glidex.forms&version=1.0.3
glidex and glidex.forms
glidex is a minimalist Xamarin.Android binding of Glide. Google recommends Glide for simplifying the complexity of managing Android.Graphics.Bitmap
within your apps (docs here).
glidex.forms is a prototype of what we can do to improve Xamarin.Forms image performance on Android by taking a dependency on Glide. See my post on the topic here.
We don't want or care to bind the entirety of Glide's public API surface. Our goal here is to just bind the "useful" APIs for Glide.
For example take the following C#:
var image = FindViewById<ImageView> (Resource.Id.testImage);
Glide.With (this)
.Load ("https://botlist.co/system/BotList/Bot/logos/000/002/271/medium/chuck_norris.jpg")
.Apply (RequestOptions.CircleCropTransform ().Placeholder (Android.Resource.Drawable.IcMenuCamera))
.Into (image);
This code loads an image from a URL dynamically, taking care of all of Glide's cool caching functionality. These are the only APIs we need to make the library useful.
If you have a "classic" Xamarin.Android app that is not Xamarin.Forms, it could be useful to use the glidex
NuGet package directly.
glidex is currently using the 4.7.0 release of Glide from Github
glidex.forms for Xamarin.Forms on Android
My goal with this repo is to get fast Images for Xamarin.Forms on Android by using Glide.
The new IImageViewHandler
API in Xamarin.Forms 3.3.x, allows glidex.forms to operate without using any custom renderers!
But to set this library up in your existing project, merely:
- Add the
glidex.forms
NuGet package - Add this one liner after your app's
Forms.Init
call:
Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Init (this, bundle);
//This forces the custom renderers to be used
Android.Glide.Forms.Init ();
LoadApplication (new App ());
How do I know my app is using Glide?
On first use, you may want to enable debug logging:
Android.Glide.Forms.Init (debug: true);
glidex.forms will print out log messages in your device log as to what is happening under the hood.
If you want to customize how Glide is used in your app, currently your option is to implement your own IImageViewHandler
. See the GlideExtensions class for details.
Features
In my samples, I tested the following types of images:
ImageSource.FromFile
with a temp fileImageSource.FromFile
withAndroidResource
ImageSource.FromResource
withEmbeddedResource
ImageSource.FromUri
with web URLsImageSource.FromStream
withAndroidAsset
Product | Versions Compatible and additional computed target framework versions. |
---|---|
MonoAndroid | monoandroid81 is compatible. |
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- glidex (>= 1.0.3)
- Xamarin.Forms (>= 3.3.0.912540)
NuGet packages
This package is not used by any NuGet packages.
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Version | Downloads | Last updated |
---|---|---|
2.1.1.648 | 107,959 | 10/12/2021 |
2.1.0.470 | 189,268 | 7/7/2020 |
2.0.1.394 | 50,603 | 1/12/2020 |
2.0.0.336 | 6,487 | 9/24/2019 |
2.0.0-pre1 | 1,177 | 6/23/2019 |
1.0.4 | 12,279 | 2/15/2019 |
1.0.3 | 5,843 | 10/30/2018 |
1.0.3-pre | 1,110 | 10/15/2018 |
1.0.2 | 1,685 | 8/19/2018 |
1.0.1 | 1,557 | 7/12/2018 |
1.0.0 | 1,720 | 3/16/2018 |
0.1.0-beta | 1,373 | 3/2/2018 |