Converting Image URL to Bitmap

Hey everyone,

This post is for anyone who has ever wanted to load an image from a given URL and turn it into a Bitmap which you can then use to set as an ImageView’s background, or upload as a Contact’s photo, etc.

So here it is,

public static Bitmap getBitmapFromURL(String src) {
    try {
        URL url = new URL(src);
        HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        connection.setDoInput(true);
        connection.connect();
        InputStream input = connection.getInputStream();
        Bitmap myBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(input);
        return myBitmap;
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        return null;
    }
}

Nothing too complicated – simply create a URL object using the “src” string (i.e. String src = “https://thinkandroid.wordpress.com”), connect to it, and use Android’s BitmapFactory class to decode the input stream. The result should be your desired Bitmap object!

– jwei