Android Drawable Images from URL

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I am presently using the following piece of code to load in images as drawable objects form a URL.

Drawable drawable_from_url(String url, String src_name) 
throws java.net.MalformedURLException, java.io.IOException {
        return Drawable.createFromStream(((java.io.InputStream)new java.net.URL(url).getContent()), src_name);

}

This code works exactly as wanted, but there appears to be compatibility problems with it. In version 1.5, it throws a FileNotFoundException when I give it a URL. In 2.2, given the exact same URL, it works fine. The following URL is a sample input I am giving this function.

http://bks6.books.google.com/books?id=aH7BPTrwNXUC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&sig=ACfU3U2aQRnAX2o2ny2xFC1GmVn22almpg

How would I load in images in a way that is compatible across the board from a URL?

drawable url android image
6 Answers

To get a Drawable image from an URL you must use an AsyncTask to avoid NetWorkOnMainThreadException, and the result Drawable obtained in onPostExecute() you can set to your ImageView:

    final String urlImage = "https://www.android.com/static/2016/img/hero-carousel/banner-android-p-2.jpg";

    new AsyncTask<String, Integer, Drawable>(){

        @Override
        protected Drawable doInBackground(String... strings) {
            Bitmap bmp = null;
            try {
                HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(urlImage).openConnection();
                connection.connect();
                InputStream input = connection.getInputStream();
                bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(input);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            return new BitmapDrawable(bmp);
        }

        protected void onPostExecute(Drawable result) {

            //Add image to ImageView
            myImageView.setImageDrawable(result);

        }


    }.execute();
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