How can I get zoom functionality for images?

UPDATE

I've just given TouchImageView a new update. It now includes Double Tap Zoom and Fling in addition to Panning and Pinch Zoom. The code below is very dated. You can check out the github project to get the latest code.

USAGE

Place TouchImageView.java in your project. It can then be used the same as ImageView. Example:

TouchImageView img = (TouchImageView) findViewById(R.id.img);

If you are using TouchImageView in xml, then you must provide the full package name, because it is a custom view. Example:

<com.example.touch.TouchImageView
    android:id="@+id/img”
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />

Note: I've removed my prior answer, which included some very old code and now link straight to the most updated code on github.

ViewPager

If you are interested in putting TouchImageView in a ViewPager, refer to this answer.


I adapted some code to create a TouchImageView that supports multitouch (>2.1). It is inspired by the book Hello, Android! (3rd edition)

It is contained within the following 3 files TouchImageView.java WrapMotionEvent.java EclairMotionEvent.java

TouchImageView.java

import se.robertfoss.ChanImageBrowser.Viewer;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.Matrix;
import android.graphics.PointF;
import android.util.FloatMath;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class TouchImageView extends ImageView {

    private static final String TAG = "Touch";
    // These matrices will be used to move and zoom image
    Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
    Matrix savedMatrix = new Matrix();

    // We can be in one of these 3 states
    static final int NONE = 0;
    static final int DRAG = 1;
    static final int ZOOM = 2;
    int mode = NONE;

    // Remember some things for zooming
    PointF start = new PointF();
    PointF mid = new PointF();
    float oldDist = 1f;

    Context context;


    public TouchImageView(Context context) {
        super(context);
        super.setClickable(true);
        this.context = context;

        matrix.setTranslate(1f, 1f);
        setImageMatrix(matrix);
        setScaleType(ScaleType.MATRIX);

        setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent rawEvent) {
                WrapMotionEvent event = WrapMotionEvent.wrap(rawEvent);

                // Dump touch event to log
                if (Viewer.isDebug == true){
                    dumpEvent(event);
                }

                // Handle touch events here...
                switch (event.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) {
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                    savedMatrix.set(matrix);
                    start.set(event.getX(), event.getY());
                    Log.d(TAG, "mode=DRAG");
                    mode = DRAG;
                    break;
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_DOWN:
                    oldDist = spacing(event);
                    Log.d(TAG, "oldDist=" + oldDist);
                    if (oldDist > 10f) {
                        savedMatrix.set(matrix);
                        midPoint(mid, event);
                        mode = ZOOM;
                        Log.d(TAG, "mode=ZOOM");
                    }
                    break;
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                    int xDiff = (int) Math.abs(event.getX() - start.x);
                    int yDiff = (int) Math.abs(event.getY() - start.y);
                    if (xDiff < 8 && yDiff < 8){
                        performClick();
                    }
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_UP:
                    mode = NONE;
                    Log.d(TAG, "mode=NONE");
                    break;
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
                    if (mode == DRAG) {
                        // ...
                        matrix.set(savedMatrix);
                        matrix.postTranslate(event.getX() - start.x, event.getY() - start.y);
                    } else if (mode == ZOOM) {
                        float newDist = spacing(event);
                        Log.d(TAG, "newDist=" + newDist);
                        if (newDist > 10f) {
                            matrix.set(savedMatrix);
                            float scale = newDist / oldDist;
                            matrix.postScale(scale, scale, mid.x, mid.y);
                        }
                    }
                    break;
                }

                setImageMatrix(matrix);
                return true; // indicate event was handled
            }

        });
    }


    public void setImage(Bitmap bm, int displayWidth, int displayHeight) { 
        super.setImageBitmap(bm);

        //Fit to screen.
        float scale;
        if ((displayHeight / bm.getHeight()) >= (displayWidth / bm.getWidth())){
            scale =  (float)displayWidth / (float)bm.getWidth();
        } else {
            scale = (float)displayHeight / (float)bm.getHeight();
        }

        savedMatrix.set(matrix);
        matrix.set(savedMatrix);
        matrix.postScale(scale, scale, mid.x, mid.y);
        setImageMatrix(matrix);


        // Center the image
        float redundantYSpace = (float)displayHeight - (scale * (float)bm.getHeight()) ;
        float redundantXSpace = (float)displayWidth - (scale * (float)bm.getWidth());

        redundantYSpace /= (float)2;
        redundantXSpace /= (float)2;


        savedMatrix.set(matrix);
        matrix.set(savedMatrix);
        matrix.postTranslate(redundantXSpace, redundantYSpace);
        setImageMatrix(matrix);
    }


    /** Show an event in the LogCat view, for debugging */
    private void dumpEvent(WrapMotionEvent event) {
        // ...
        String names[] = { "DOWN", "UP", "MOVE", "CANCEL", "OUTSIDE",
            "POINTER_DOWN", "POINTER_UP", "7?", "8?", "9?" };
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        int action = event.getAction();
        int actionCode = action & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK;
        sb.append("event ACTION_").append(names[actionCode]);
        if (actionCode == MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_DOWN
                || actionCode == MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_UP) {
            sb.append("(pid ").append(
                    action >> MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_ID_SHIFT);
            sb.append(")");
        }
        sb.append("[");
        for (int i = 0; i < event.getPointerCount(); i++) {
            sb.append("#").append(i);
            sb.append("(pid ").append(event.getPointerId(i));
            sb.append(")=").append((int) event.getX(i));
            sb.append(",").append((int) event.getY(i));
            if (i + 1 < event.getPointerCount())
            sb.append(";");
        }
        sb.append("]");
        Log.d(TAG, sb.toString());
    }

    /** Determine the space between the first two fingers */
    private float spacing(WrapMotionEvent event) {
        // ...
        float x = event.getX(0) - event.getX(1);
        float y = event.getY(0) - event.getY(1);
        return FloatMath.sqrt(x * x + y * y);
    }

    /** Calculate the mid point of the first two fingers */
    private void midPoint(PointF point, WrapMotionEvent event) {
        // ...
        float x = event.getX(0) + event.getX(1);
        float y = event.getY(0) + event.getY(1);
        point.set(x / 2, y / 2);
    }
}

WrapMotionEvent.java

import android.view.MotionEvent;

public class WrapMotionEvent {
protected MotionEvent event;




    protected WrapMotionEvent(MotionEvent event) {
        this.event = event;
    }

    static public WrapMotionEvent wrap(MotionEvent event) {
            try {
                return new EclairMotionEvent(event);
            } catch (VerifyError e) {
                return new WrapMotionEvent(event);
            }
    }



    public int getAction() {
            return event.getAction();
    }

    public float getX() {
            return event.getX();
    }

    public float getX(int pointerIndex) {
            verifyPointerIndex(pointerIndex);
            return getX();
    }

    public float getY() {
            return event.getY();
    }

    public float getY(int pointerIndex) {
            verifyPointerIndex(pointerIndex);
            return getY();
    }

    public int getPointerCount() {
            return 1;
    }

    public int getPointerId(int pointerIndex) {
            verifyPointerIndex(pointerIndex);
            return 0;
    }

    private void verifyPointerIndex(int pointerIndex) {
            if (pointerIndex > 0) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Invalid pointer index for Donut/Cupcake");
            }
    }

}

EclairMotionEvent.java

import android.view.MotionEvent;

public class EclairMotionEvent extends WrapMotionEvent {

    protected EclairMotionEvent(MotionEvent event) {
            super(event);
    }

    public float getX(int pointerIndex) {
            return event.getX(pointerIndex);
    }

    public float getY(int pointerIndex) {
            return event.getY(pointerIndex);
    }

    public int getPointerCount() {
            return event.getPointerCount();
    }

    public int getPointerId(int pointerIndex) {
            return event.getPointerId(pointerIndex);
    }
}