How to Get Bitmap from a Url in Android? [Duplicate]

Question

I have a uri like which has an image

file:///mnt/...............

How to use this uri to get the image but it returns null, please tell me where i am wrong.

Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(uri.getPath());
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(uri.toString());

Accepted Answer

This is a simple one line way to do it:

    try {
        URL url = new URL("");
        Bitmap image = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(url.openConnection().getInputStream());
    } catch(IOException e) {
        System.out.println(e);
    }

Answer 2

This should do the trick:

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;
    }
} // Author: silentnuke

Don't forget to add the internet permission in your manifest.

Answer 3

Okay so you are trying to get a bitmap from a file? Title says URL. Anyways, when you are getting files from external storage in Android you should never use a direct path. Instead call getExternalStorageDirectory() like so:

File bitmapFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/" + PATH_TO_IMAGE);
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(bitmapFile);

getExternalStorageDirectory() gives you the path to the SD card. Also you need to declare the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission in the Manifest.

How to Get Bitmap from a Url in Android? [Duplicate]

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