Android load from URL to Bitmap

Question

I have a question about loading an image from a website. The code I use is:

Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay(); 
int width = display.getWidth();
int height = display.getHeight();
Bitmap bit=null;
try {
    bit = BitmapFactory.decodeStream((InputStream)new URL("http://www.mac-wallpapers.com/bulkupload/wallpapers/Apple%20Wallpapers/apple-black-logo-wallpaper.jpg").getContent());
} catch (Exception e) {}
Bitmap sc = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bit,width,height,true);
canvas.drawBitmap(sc,0,0,null);

But it always returns a null pointer exception and the program crashes out. The URL is valid, and it seems to work for everyone else. I'm using 2.3.1.

Answer 1

Follow method to get url to bitmap in android just pass link of this image and get bitmap.

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

Answer 2

If you are using Picasso or Glide or Universal-Image-Loader for load image from url.
You can simply get the loaded bitmap by

For Picasso (current version 2.71828)

Java code

Picasso.get().load(imageUrl).into(new Target() {
    @Override
    public void onBitmapLoaded(Bitmap bitmap, Picasso.LoadedFrom from) {
        // loaded bitmap is here (bitmap)
    }

    @Override
    public void onBitmapFailed(Drawable errorDrawable) { }

    @Override
    public void onPrepareLoad(Drawable placeHolderDrawable) {}
});

Kotlin code

Picasso.get().load(url).into(object : com.squareup.picasso.Target { 
    override fun onBitmapLoaded(bitmap: Bitmap?, from: Picasso.LoadedFrom?) {
         // loaded bitmap is here (bitmap)
    }

    override fun onPrepareLoad(placeHolderDrawable: Drawable?) {}

    override fun onBitmapFailed(e: Exception?, errorDrawable: Drawable?) {}
})

For Glide
Check How does one use glide to download an image into a bitmap?

For Universal-Image-Loader
Java code

imageLoader.loadImage(imageUrl, new SimpleImageLoadingListener() 
{
    @Override
    public void onLoadingComplete(String imageUri, View view, Bitmap loadedImage) 
    {
         // loaded bitmap is here (loadedImage)
    }
});

Answer 3

Please try this following steps.

1) Create AsyncTask in class or adapter(if you want to change the list item image).

public class AsyncTaskLoadImage extends AsyncTask<String, String, Bitmap> {
        private final static String TAG = "AsyncTaskLoadImage";
        private ImageView imageView;

        public AsyncTaskLoadImage(ImageView imageView) {
            this.imageView = imageView;
        }

        @Override
        protected Bitmap doInBackground(String... params) {
            Bitmap bitmap = null;
            try {
                URL url = new URL(params[0]);
                bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream((InputStream) url.getContent());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            return bitmap;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(Bitmap bitmap) {
            try {
                int width, height;
                height = bitmap.getHeight();
                width = bitmap.getWidth();

                Bitmap bmpGrayscale = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
                Canvas c = new Canvas(bmpGrayscale);
                Paint paint = new Paint();
                ColorMatrix cm = new ColorMatrix();
                cm.setSaturation(0);
                ColorMatrixColorFilter f = new ColorMatrixColorFilter(cm);
                paint.setColorFilter(f);
                c.drawBitmap(bitmap, 0, 0, paint);
                imageView.setImageBitmap(bmpGrayscale);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }

2) Call the AsyncTask from your activity, fragment or adapter(inside onBindViewHolder).

2.a) For adapter:

    String src = current.getProductImage();
    new AsyncTaskLoadImage(holder.icon).execute(src);

2.b) For activity and fragment:

**Activity:**
  ImageView imagview= (ImageView) findViewById(R.Id.imageview);
  String src = (your image string);
  new AsyncTaskLoadImage(imagview).execute(src);

**Fragment:**
  ImageView imagview= (ImageView)view.findViewById(R.Id.imageview);
  String src = (your image string);
  new AsyncTaskLoadImage(imagview).execute(src);

3) Kindly run the app and check the image.

Happy coding....:)

Answer 4

Glide.with(context)
    .load("http://test.com/yourimage.jpg")  
    .asBitmap()  // переводим его в нужный формат
    .fitCenter()
    .into(new SimpleTarget<Bitmap>(100,100) {
          @Override
          public void onResourceReady(Bitmap bitmap, GlideAnimation<? super Bitmap> glideAnimation) {

           // do something with you bitmap 

                bitmap

          }
    }); 

Answer 5

very fast way , this method works very quickly:

private Bitmap getBitmap(String url) 
    {
        File f=fileCache.getFile(url);

        //from SD cache
        Bitmap b = decodeFile(f);
        if(b!=null)
            return b;

        //from web
        try {
            Bitmap bitmap=null;
            URL imageUrl = new URL(url);
            HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection)imageUrl.openConnection();
            conn.setConnectTimeout(30000);
            conn.setReadTimeout(30000);
            conn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
            InputStream is=conn.getInputStream();
            OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(f);
            Utils.CopyStream(is, os);
            os.close();
            bitmap = decodeFile(f);
            return bitmap;
        } catch (Exception ex){
           ex.printStackTrace();
           return null;
        }
    }

    //decodes image and scales it to reduce memory consumption
    private Bitmap decodeFile(File f){
        try {
            //decode image size
            BitmapFactory.Options o = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            o.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
            BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FileInputStream(f),null,o);

            //Find the correct scale value. It should be the power of 2.
            final int REQUIRED_SIZE=70;
            int width_tmp=o.outWidth, height_tmp=o.outHeight;
            int scale=1;
            while(true){
                if(width_tmp/2<REQUIRED_SIZE || height_tmp/2<REQUIRED_SIZE)
                    break;
                width_tmp/=2;
                height_tmp/=2;
                scale*=2;
            }

            //decode with inSampleSize
            BitmapFactory.Options o2 = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            o2.inSampleSize=scale;
            return BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FileInputStream(f), null, o2);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {}
        return null;
    }

Answer 6

If you load URL from bitmap without using AsyncTask, write two lines after setContentView(R.layout.abc);

StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
        StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);

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