Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.graphics.BitmapFactory; import android.graphics.Matrix; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.net.HttpURLConnection; import java.net.URL; public class Main { /** * download and return bitmap for the given url * DO not call this method from main thread * @param src * @return */ public static Bitmap getBitmapFromURL(String imageUrl) { try { URL url = new URL(imageUrl); HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(); connection.setDoInput(true); connection.connect(); InputStream input = connection.getInputStream(); Bitmap myBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(input); if (myBitmap != null) { myBitmap = getResizedBitmap(myBitmap, 200, 200); } return myBitmap; } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); return null; } } public static Bitmap getResizedBitmap(Bitmap bm, int newHeight, int newWidth) { int width = bm.getWidth(); int height = bm.getHeight(); float scaleWidth = ((float) newWidth) / width; float scaleHeight = ((float) newHeight) / height; // CREATE A MATRIX FOR THE MANIPULATION Matrix matrix = new Matrix(); // RESIZE THE BIT MAP matrix.postScale(scaleWidth, scaleHeight); // "RECREATE" THE NEW BITMAP Bitmap resizedBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(bm, 0, 0, width, height, matrix, false); return resizedBitmap; } }