How to set image button resource from web url in Android?

Question

I have an image button and would like to set background image from internet URL. I don't want to save background picture into SD card instead my image button's image needs to be URL. How can I do that in Android

You need to download it into a bitmap variable, and then set it as background image. Android is not a browser in which you could do that functionality you'd like to achieve. — abbath, Mar 04 '13 at 11:15
i think your answer is here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2471935/how-to-load-an-imageview-by-url-in-android — Mudassar Shaheen, Mar 04 '13 at 11:24
@MudassarShaheen i think one comment is enough of same Link :) — Usman Kurd, Mar 04 '13 at 12:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 04 '13 at 11:17

Never tried this but hope fully this will work with you

private Drawable ImageOperations(Context ctx, String url, String saveFilename) {
    try {
        InputStream is = (InputStream) this.fetch(url);
        Drawable d = Drawable.createFromStream(is, saveFilename);
        return d;
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        return null;
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        return null;
    }
}

and for image view

ImageView IV= (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageId);      
Drawable drw = ImageOperations(this,url,filename)
IV.setBackgroundDrawable(drw)

get URL

    public Object fetch(String address) throws MalformedURLException,IOException {

    URL url = new URL(address);
    Object content = url.getContent();
    return content;
}

AnujMathur_07 · Answer 2 · 2013-03-04T11:27:59.863

Try this

        Bitmap bitmap;
class loadImage extends AsyncTask<Void , Void, Void>{
    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        super.onPreExecute();
    }
    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
        URL url = new URL(stringURL);
        URI uri = new URI(url.getProtocol(), url.getHost(),
                url.getPath(), url.getQuery(), null);
        HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) uri
                .toURL().openConnection();
        connection.setDoInput(true);
        connection.connect();
        InputStream input = connection.getInputStream();
        ByteArrayOutputStream byteBuffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

        int bufferSize = 1024;
        byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
        int len = 0;
        while ((len = input.read(buffer)) != -1) {
            byteBuffer.write(buffer, 0, len);
        }
        byte[] img = byteBuffer.toByteArray();
        byteBuffer.flush();
        byteBuffer.close();
        input.close();
        bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(img, 0, img.length);
        return null;
    }
    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
        super.onPostExecute(result);
        ImageButton image_btn = (ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.your_image_button_id);
        image_btn.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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First you have to download your Image as Drawable: Android Drawable Images from URL

and after that set it as background drawable

button.setBackgroundDrawable(drawable)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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