How to load an ImageView by URL in Android

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From Android developer: // show The Image in a ImageView new DownloadImageTask((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1)) .execute("http://java.sogeti.nl/JavaBlog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/android_icon_256.png"); public void onClick(View v) { startActivity(new Intent(this, IndexActivity.class)); finish(); } private class DownloadImageTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Bitmap> { ImageView bmImage; public DownloadImageTask(ImageView bmImage) { this.bmImage = bmImage; } protected Bitmap doInBackground(String... urls) { String urldisplay = urls[0]; Bitmap mIcon11 = null; try { InputStream in = new java.net.URL(urldisplay).openStream(); mIcon11 = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(in); } catch (Exception e) { Log.e("Error", e.getMessage()); e.printStackTrace(); } return mIcon11; } protected void onPostExecute(Bitmap result) { bmImage.setImageBitmap(result); } } Make sure you have the following permissions set in your AndroidManifest.xml to access the internet. <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />