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How to read an ico format picture in java?

I have a lot of .ico formatted pictures, and I want to use them in my Java SE project, but it doesn't know the format. How can I work around this?

Solution

  • Try out image4j - Image Library for Java

    The image4j library allows you to read and write certain image formats in 100% pure Java.

    Currently the following formats are supported:

    • BMP (Microsoft bitmap format - uncompressed; 1, 4, 8, 24 and 32 bit)
    • ICO (Microsoft icon format - 1, 4, 8, 24 and 32 bit [XP uncompressed, Vista compressed])

    With the library you can easily decode your ico file

    List<BufferedImage> image = ICODecoder.read(new File("input.ico"));