Converting Image URL to Bitmap
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,
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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;
}
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Nothing too complicated – simply create a URL object using the “src” string (i.e. String src = “http://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!