Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.BufferedOutputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.OutputStream; import java.net.URL; import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.graphics.BitmapFactory; public class Main { public static Bitmap GetLocalOrNetBitmap(String url) { Bitmap bitmap = null; InputStream in = null; BufferedOutputStream out = null; try { in = new BufferedInputStream(new URL(url).openStream(), 1024); final ByteArrayOutputStream dataStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); out = new BufferedOutputStream(dataStream, 1024); copy(in, out); out.flush(); byte[] data = dataStream.toByteArray(); bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data, 0, data.length); data = null; return bitmap; } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); return null; } } private static void copy(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException { byte[] b = new byte[1024]; int read; while ((read = in.read(b)) != -1) { out.write(b, 0, read); } } }