PhotoView vs subsampling-scale-image-view

PhotoView

Implementation of ImageView for Android that supports zooming, by various touch gestures. (by chrisbanes)

Android library (AAR). Highly configurable, easily extendable deep zoom view for displaying huge images without loss of detail. Perfect for photo galleries, maps, building plans etc. (by davemorrissey)

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PhotoView		subsampling-scale-image-view
	Project
1	Mentions	4
18,684	Stars	7,764
0.2%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
about 2 years ago	Latest Commit	about 2 years ago
Java	Language	Java
Apache License 2.0	License	Apache License 2.0

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PhotoView

Posts with mentions or reviews of PhotoView. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

Is there a way of controlling an image view's zoom and scroll from another image view so both image views response is exactly the same?
1 project | /r/androiddev | 4 Jun 2022

subsampling-scale-image-view

Posts with mentions or reviews of subsampling-scale-image-view. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-08.

Introducing telephoto, a compose library for displaying zoomable images with automatic sub‑sampling of large bit
1 project | /r/androiddev | 16 May 2023
Working with Large Images in Android
1 project | /r/androiddev | 2 Aug 2022

I've used this in the past: https://github.com/davemorrissey/subsampling-scale-image-view
Interactive Map
2 projects | /r/androiddev | 8 May 2022

For loading large images, you can try Subsampling Scale Image View.
A foss "PDF scanner", alternatives to CamScanner
12 projects | /r/fossdroid | 30 Dec 2020

Project: Subsampling Scale Image View Copyright (c) 2015 David Morrissey. License (Apache License Version 2.0) https://github.com/davemorrissey/subsampling-scale-image-view/blob/master/LICENSE

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PhotoView and subsampling-scale-image-view you can also consider the following projects:

TouchImageView - Adds touch functionality to Android ImageView.

android-gpuimage - Android filters based on OpenGL (idea from GPUImage for iOS)

ImageViewZoom - Android ImageView widget with zoom and pan capabilities

GifImageView - Android ImageView that handles animated GIF images

CircleImageView - A circular ImageView for Android

android-crop - Android library project for cropping images

GestureViews - ImageView and FrameLayout with gestures control and position animation

TextDrawable - This light-weight library provides images with letter/text like the Gmail app. It extends the Drawable class thus can be used with existing/custom/network ImageView classes. Also included is a fluent interface for creating drawables and a customizable ColorGenerator.

gif-movie-view - Android View widget for displaying GIF animations.

android-shape-imageview - Custom shaped android imageview components