Using app engine java image api with eclipse + dev server?

Question

Hi,

I'm using the image api for google app engine java. I've uploaded an image using my dev server + eclipse, but trying to use any of the image api does not work. This is explained by the exception which is thrown:

Jul 6, 2010 5:28:02 PM com.google.appengine.api.images.dev.LocalImagesService init WARNING: No image reader found for format "ico". An ImageIO plugin must be installed to use this format with the DevAppServer.

Jul 6, 2010 5:28:02 PM com.google.appengine.api.images.dev.LocalImagesService init WARNING: No image reader found for format "tif". An ImageIO plugin must be installed to use this format with the DevAppServer.

is there a plugin we can use locally in the dev server, or is our only option to run it live on app engine to see if it works?

Thanks

Answer 1

You're trying to work with 'ico' and 'tif' images. Neither of these are supported on App Engine - only JPG, PNG and GIF.