Android: PNG Transparency Failing with BitmapFactory.decodeStream(…) and Assets Folder

I am using the following method to pull a PNG file from the assets folder in my Android application:

public static Bitmap getBitmapFromAssets(Context context, String fileName) {
        try {
            AssetManager assetManager = context.getAssets();
            InputStream inputStream = assetManager.open(fileName);
            Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream);
            return bitmap;
        }
        catch(Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }
    }

I am then setting the source of an ImageView, in the item of a GridView, to that Bitmap.

Here is the layout XML in question:

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/containingLayout"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:background="@android:color/transparent"
    android:padding="0dp"
    android:layout_margin="0dp"
>
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/ivPackageIcon"
        style="@style/smLargeGridItemPackageIconStyle"
    />
</LinearLayout>

And the style referred to in that XML is:

<style name="smLargeGridItemPackageIconStyle">
        <item name="android:scaleType">fitXY</item>
        <item name="android:layout_width">100dp</item>
        <item name="android:layout_height">142dp</item>
        <item name="android:layout_margin">5dp</item>
        <item name="android:background">@android:color/transparent</item>
    </style>

Here is the code that sets the source of the ImageView:

ImageView ivPackageIcon = (ImageView)containingView.findViewById(R.id.ivPackageIcon);
        if(ivPackageIcon != null) {
            Bitmap coverImage = getBitmapFromAssets(containingView.getContext(), "myimage.png");
            ivPackageIcon.setImageBitmap(coverImage);
        }

The PNG image has some transparent areas, but for some reason when the image is displayed in my GridView, the transparent areas come through as black.

To preempt some questions: No, the background of the Activity, ImageView, GridView, and GridView item are not black. As a matter of fact, no matter what the background colors are set to, the transparent parts of the image always come through as black.

Consider this, though…If I place the PNG image in the drawable folder and set the ImageView as follows, the transparency is perfect:

ivPackageIcon.setImageResource(R.drawable.myimage);

I’m pretty sure that I’m using the decodeStream(…) method incorrectly somehow, but I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I even modified my original method to set some options as shown here:

public static Bitmap getBitmapFromAssets(Context context, String fileName) {
        try {
            AssetManager assetManager = context.getAssets();
            InputStream inputStream = assetManager.open(fileName);

            BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            options.inDither = true;
            options.inPreferredConfig = Config.ARGB_8888;

            Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream, null, options);
            return bitmap;
        }
        catch(Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }
    }

But that gave me the same poor result.

Any ideas, anyone?

Thank you.

ImageView img=new ImageView(this);
        Drawable d = Drawable.createFromStream(getAssets().open(path_in_assets), null);
        img.setImageDrawable(d);

Answer：

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