java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path must not be empty in Picasso

Question

I am loading image from mysql DB using Picasso into custom listview. The image is loading when the URL is passed directly but when i assign the URL to string and pass it then it throws exception saying Path must not be empty.

String imageStringUrl = md.Image;

Image string contains http://example.com/image.jpg

I am passing in Picasso like below.

Picasso.get()
.load(imageStringUrl)
.into(iview);

When I pass like this I am getting java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path must not be empty. I have tried the above step like below but the image is not loading.

Picasso.get()
.load(new File(imageStringUrl))
.into(iview);

What is wrong with the above declaration?

According to error `Image` is blank not null. Are you sure this has a url? — Rohit5k2, Mar 01 '16 at 12:09
Did you manage to solve this problem? I feel none of the answers below are giving the right answer — Abhishek, Nov 12 '17 at 10:31

score 46 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 26 '19 at 09:58

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I had a similar problem. Just check if your URL string is empty or not. if it is empty give the default image or load from URL. Hope this helps.

if (image.isEmpty()) {
   iview.setImageResource(R.drawable.placeholder);
} else{
    Picasso.get().load(image).into(iview);
  }

edited Feb 26 '19 at 09:58

Beast77

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answered Apr 15 '16 at 06:39

Veena

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this is the best way to make another no pic if the data not loaded, thank you so much – Rama Astadipati Jul 12 '18 at 08:01
Check my answer, with this if statement you can still get exception. – ozmank Feb 26 '19 at 13:26

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 08 '18 at 05:58

Just check if your url string is empty or not by first trimming the string path, but do not check like image.isEmpty() but with this check:

if (path.trim().length() == 0)

I checked the code from Picasso and that is how they are checking like this. For reference here is code from their code base:

public RequestCreator load(String path) {
    if (path == null) {
      return new RequestCreator(this, null, 0);
    }
    if (path.trim().length() == 0) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Path must not be empty.");
    }
    return load(Uri.parse(path));
  }

Strings.isEmpty works like this : "public inline fun CharSequence.isEmpty(): Boolean = length == 0". So, I don’t think that « trim » or not is relevant — Jean-baptiste Valero, Nov 27 '19 at 15:23

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 26 '19 at 08:52

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I think your md.Imageis returning an empty string. So try directly put your image url in picasso like this:

Picasso.get()
.load(" http://xxx.xxx.com/images/New%20folder/Desert.jpg.")
.into(imageView);

Hope it works.

edited Feb 26 '19 at 08:52

Beast77

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answered Mar 29 '16 at 13:10

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this kind of solution is not usfull, we don't always know the link, sometimes the link is inside a variable so please try to give a better detailed explanation – Firas Chebbah Mar 25 '20 at 17:00

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 22 '21 at 22:34

I had the same problem, but I realized that I had made a simple mistake.

In my code, I save the image URL in a snippet, and then retrieve the image URL, but at that point I was not calling the var that stores the data ...

imagemRef.getDownloadUrl().addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<Uri>() {
   @Override
   public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<Uri> task) {
    Uri url = task.getResult();
    
   urlImagemSelecionada = url.toString(); // This line I have forgot
   }
});

So the message java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path must not be empty in Picasso was presented. Because the parameter was really empty.

Something simple, that made me lose 1 hour. But luckily it has now been resolved.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path must not be empty in Picasso

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