How to download and save an image in Android

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How do you download and save an image from a given url in Android

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As Google tells  for now  don t forget to add also readable on external storage in the manifest       lt uses-permission android name  android permission READ EXTERNAL STORAGE    gt    Source   http   developer android com training basics data-storage files html GetWritePermission

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public class testCrop extends AppCompatActivity       ImageView iv      String imagePath    https   style pk wp-content uploads 2015 07 omer-Shahzad-performed-umrah-600x548 jpg        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout testcrpop           iv    ImageView  findViewById R id testCrop           imageDownload image   new imageDownload testCrop this  iv           image execute imagePath             class imageDownload extends AsyncTask lt String  Integer  Bitmap gt            Context context          ImageView imageView          Bitmap bitmap          InputStream in   null          int responseCode   -1    constructor          public imageDownload Context context  ImageView imageView                this context   context              this imageView   imageView                     Override         protected void onPreExecute                        Override         protected Bitmap doInBackground String    params                try                   URL url   new URL params 0                    HttpURLConnection httpURLConnection    HttpURLConnection  url openConnection                    httpURLConnection setDoOutput true                   httpURLConnection connect                    responseCode   httpURLConnection getResponseCode                    if  responseCode    HttpURLConnection HTTP OK                        in   httpURLConnection getInputStream                        bitmap   BitmapFactory decodeStream in                       in close                                    catch  MalformedURLException e                    e printStackTrace                  catch  IOException e                    e printStackTrace                              return bitmap                     Override         protected void onPostExecute Bitmap data                imageView setImageBitmap data               saveImage data                      private void saveImage Bitmap data                File createFolder   new File Environment getExternalStoragePublicDirectory Environment DIRECTORY PICTURES   test                createFolder mkdir                File saveImage   new File createFolder  downloadimage jpg                try                   OutputStream outputStream   new FileOutputStream saveImage                   data compress Bitmap CompressFormat JPEG 100 outputStream                   outputStream flush                    outputStream close                  catch  FileNotFoundException e                    e printStackTrace                  catch  IOException e                    e printStackTrace                                      OUTPUT  Make sure you added permission to write data in memory                                             lt uses-permission android name  android permission WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE   gt

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I have just came from solving this problem on and I would like to share the complete code that can download  save to the sdcard  and hide the filename  and retrieve the images and finally it checks if the image is already there  The url comes from the database so the filename can be uniquely easily using id   first download images     private class GetImages extends AsyncTask lt Object  Object  Object gt        private String requestUrl  imagename       private ImageView view      private Bitmap bitmap          private FileOutputStream fos      private GetImages String requestUrl  ImageView view  String  imagename             this requestUrl   requestUrl          this view   view          this imagename     imagename                Override     protected Object doInBackground Object    objects            try               URL url   new URL requestUrl               URLConnection conn   url openConnection                bitmap   BitmapFactory decodeStream conn getInputStream               catch  Exception ex                      return null              Override     protected void onPostExecute Object o             if  ImageStorage checkifImageExists imagename                               view setImageBitmap bitmap                   ImageStorage saveToSdCard bitmap  imagename                                        Then create a class for saving and retrieving the files    public class ImageStorage     public static String saveToSdCard Bitmap bitmap  String filename         String stored   null       File sdcard   Environment getExternalStorageDirectory           File folder   new File sdcard getAbsoluteFile      your specific directory     the dot makes this directory hidden to the user     folder mkdir         File file   new File folder getAbsoluteFile    filename     jpg         if  file exists            return stored        try           FileOutputStream out   new FileOutputStream file           bitmap compress Bitmap CompressFormat JPEG  90  out           out flush            out close            stored    success         catch  Exception e            e printStackTrace               return stored        public static File getImage String imagename             File mediaImage   null          try               String root   Environment getExternalStorageDirectory   toString                File myDir   new File root               if   myDir exists                    return null               mediaImage   new File myDir getPath        your specific directory   imagename             catch  Exception e                   TODO Auto-generated catch block             e printStackTrace                      return mediaImage        public static boolean checkifImageExists String imagename        Bitmap b   null       File file   ImageStorage getImage     imagename   jpg        String path   file getAbsolutePath         if  path    null          b   BitmapFactory decodeFile path         if b    null     b equals                    return false             return true           Then To access the images first check if it is already there if not then download            if ImageStorage checkifImageExists imagename                                 File file   ImageStorage getImage     imagename   jpg                     String path   file getAbsolutePath                     if  path    null                       b   BitmapFactory decodeFile path                       imageView setImageBitmap b                                     else                    new GetImages imgurl  imageView  imagename  execute

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Edit as of 30 12 2015 - The Ultimate Guide to image downloading    last major update  Mar 31 2016    TL DR a k a  stop talking  just give me the code       Skip to the bottom of this post  copy the BasicImageDownloader  javadoc version here    into your project  implement the OnImageLoaderListener interface   and you re done       Note  though the BasicImageDownloader handles possible errors   and will prevent your app from crashing in case anything goes wrong  it will not perform   any post-processing  e g  downsizing  on the downloaded Bitmaps       Since this post has received quite a lot of attention  I have decided to completely rework it to prevent the folks from using deprecated technologies  bad programming practices or just doing silly things - like looking for  hacks  to run network on the main thread or accept all SSL certs    I ve created a demo project named  Image Downloader  that demonstrates how to download  and save  an image using my own downloader implementation  the Android s built-in DownloadManager as well as some popular open-source libraries  You can view the complete source code or download the project on GitHub      Note  I have not adjusted the permission management for SDK 23   Marshmallow  yet  thus the project is targeting SDK 22  Lollipop     In my conclusion at the end of this post I will share my humble opinion about the proper use-case for each particular way of image downloading I ve mentioned   Let s start with an own implementation  you can find the code at the end of the post   First of all  this is a BasicImageDownloader and that s it  All it does is connecting to the given url  reading the data and trying to decode it as a Bitmap  triggering the OnImageLoaderListener interface callbacks when appropriate  The advantage of this approach - it is simple and you have a clear overview of what s going on  A good way to go if all you need is downloading displaying and saving some images  whilst you don t care about maintaining a memory disk cache       Note  in case of large images  you might need to scale them   down    --  Android DownloadManager is a way to let the system handle the download for you  It s actually capable of downloading any kind of files  not just images  You may let your download happen silently and invisible to the user  or you can enable the user to see the download in the notification area  You can also register a BroadcastReceiver to get notified after you download is complete  The setup is pretty much straightforward  refer to the linked project for sample code   Using the DownloadManager is generally not a good idea if you also want to display the image  since you d need to read and decode the saved file instead of just setting the downloaded Bitmap into an ImageView  The DownloadManager also does not provide any API for you app to track the download progress    --  Now the introduction of the great stuff - the libraries  They can do much more than just downloading and displaying images  including  creating and managing the memory disk cache  resizing images  transforming them and more   I will start with Volley  a powerful library created by Google and covered by the official documentation  While being a general-purpose networking library not specializing on images  Volley features quite a powerful API for managing images   You will need to implement a Singleton class for managing Volley requests and you are good to go    You might want to replace your ImageView with Volley s NetworkImageView  so the download basically becomes a one-liner      NetworkImageView  findViewById R id myNIV   setImageUrl url  MySingleton getInstance this  getImageLoader       If you need more control  this is what it looks like to create an ImageRequest with Volley        ImageRequest imgRequest   new ImageRequest url  new Response Listener lt Bitmap gt                    Override              public void onResponse Bitmap response                          do stuff                                  0  0  ImageView ScaleType CENTER CROP  Bitmap Config ARGB 8888                new Response ErrorListener                   Override              public void onErrorResponse VolleyError error                         do stuff                                     It is worth mentioning that Volley features an excellent error handling mechanism by providing the VolleyError class that helps you to determine the exact cause of an error  If your app does a lot of networking and managing images isn t its main purpose  then Volley it a perfect fit for you   --  Square s Picasso is a well-known library which will do all of the image loading stuff for you  Just displaying an image using Picasso is as simple as    Picasso with myContext          load url          into myImageView      By default  Picasso manages the disk memory cache so you don t need to worry about that  For more control you can implement the Target interface and use it to load your image into - this will provide callbacks similar to the Volley example  Check the demo project for examples   Picasso also lets you apply transformations to the downloaded image and there are even other libraries around that extend those API  Also works very well in a RecyclerView ListView GridView   --  Universal Image Loader is an another very popular library serving the purpose of image management  It uses its own ImageLoader that  once initialized  has a global instance which can be used to download images in a single line of code     ImageLoader getInstance   displayImage url  myImageView     If you want to track the download progress or access the downloaded Bitmap    ImageLoader getInstance   displayImage url  myImageView  opts    new ImageLoadingListener           Override      public void onLoadingStarted String imageUri  View view                           do stuff                           Override       public void onLoadingFailed String imageUri  View view  FailReason failReason                         do stuff                           Override       public void onLoadingComplete String imageUri  View view  Bitmap loadedImage                         do stuff                           Override       public void onLoadingCancelled String imageUri  View view                         do stuff                                  new ImageLoadingProgressListener            Override       public void onProgressUpdate String imageUri  View view  int current  int total                         do stuff                                     The opts argument in this example is a DisplayImageOptions object  Refer to the demo project to learn more   Similar to Volley  UIL provides the FailReason class that enables you to check what went wrong on download failure  By default  UIL maintains a memory disk cache if you don t explicitly tell it not to do so   Note  the author has mentioned that he is no longer maintaining the project as of Nov 27th  2015  But since there are many contributors  we can hope that the Universal Image Loader will live on   --  Facebook s Fresco is the newest and  IMO  the most advanced library that takes image management to a new level  from keeping Bitmaps off the java heap  prior to Lollipop  to supporting animated formats and progressive JPEG streaming    To learn more about ideas and techniques behind Fresco  refer to this post   The basic usage is quite simple  Note that you ll need to call  Fresco initialize Context   only once  preferable in the Application class  Initializing Fresco more than once may lead to unpredictable behavior and OOM errors   Fresco uses Drawees to display images  you can think of them as of ImageViews        lt com facebook drawee view SimpleDraweeView     android id    id drawee      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      fresco fadeDuration  500      fresco actualImageScaleType  centerCrop      fresco placeholderImage   drawable placeholder grey      fresco failureImage   drawable error orange      fresco placeholderImageScaleType  fitCenter      fresco failureImageScaleType  centerInside      fresco retryImageScaleType  centerCrop      fresco progressBarImageScaleType  centerInside      fresco progressBarAutoRotateInterval  1000      fresco roundAsCircle  false    gt    As you can see  a lot of stuff  including transformation options  gets already defined in XML  so all you need to do to display an image is a one-liner    mDrawee setImageURI Uri parse url      Fresco provides an extended customization API  which  under circumstances  can be quite complex and requires the user to read the docs carefully  yes  sometimes you need to RTFM    I have included examples for progressive JPEG s and animated images into the sample project     Conclusion -  I have learned about the great stuff  what should I use now       Note that the following text reflects my personal opinion and should   not be taken as a postulate     If you only need to download save display some images  don t plan to use them in a Recycler- Grid- ListView and don t need a whole bunch of images to be display-ready  the BasicImageDownloader should fit your needs  If your app saves images  or other files  as a result of a user or an automated action and you don t need the images to be displayed often  use the Android DownloadManager  In case your app does a lot of networking  transmits receives JSON data  works with images  but those are not the main purpose of the app  go with Volley  Your app is image media-focused  you d like to apply some transformations to images and don t want to bother with complex API  use Picasso  Note  does not provide any API to track the intermediate download status  or Universal Image Loader If your app is all about images  you need advanced features like displaying animated formats and you are ready to read the docs  go with Fresco    In case you missed that  the Github link for the demo project     And here s the BasicImageDownloader java  import android graphics Bitmap  import android graphics BitmapFactory  import android os AsyncTask  import android support annotation NonNull  import android util Log  import java io BufferedInputStream  import java io ByteArrayOutputStream  import java io File  import java io FileOutputStream  import java io IOException  import java io InputStream  import java net URL  import java net URLConnection  import java util HashSet  import java util Set   public class BasicImageDownloader        private OnImageLoaderListener mImageLoaderListener      private Set lt String gt  mUrlsInProgress   new HashSet lt  gt         private final String TAG   this getClass   getSimpleName         public BasicImageDownloader  NonNull OnImageLoaderListener listener            this mImageLoaderListener   listener             public interface OnImageLoaderListener           void onError ImageError error                 void onProgressChange int percent           void onComplete Bitmap result               public void download  NonNull final String imageUrl  final boolean displayProgress            if  mUrlsInProgress contains imageUrl                 Log w TAG   a download for this url is already running                           no further download will be started                return                     new AsyncTask lt Void  Integer  Bitmap gt                   private ImageError error                Override             protected void onPreExecute                     mUrlsInProgress add imageUrl                   Log d TAG   starting download                                Override             protected void onCancelled                     mUrlsInProgress remove imageUrl                   mImageLoaderListener onError error                               Override             protected void onProgressUpdate Integer    values                    mImageLoaderListener onProgressChange values 0                            Override         protected Bitmap doInBackground Void    params                Bitmap bitmap   null              HttpURLConnection connection   null              InputStream is   null              ByteArrayOutputStream out   null              try                   connection    HttpURLConnection  new URL imageUrl  openConnection                    if  displayProgress                        connection connect                        final int length   connection getContentLength                        if  length  lt   0                            error   new ImageError  Invalid content length  The URL is probably not pointing to a file                                    setErrorCode ImageError ERROR INVALID FILE                           this cancel true                                             is   new BufferedInputStream connection getInputStream    8192                       out   new ByteArrayOutputStream                        byte bytes     new byte 8192                       int count                      long read   0                      while   count   is read bytes      -1                            read    count                          out write bytes  0  count                           publishProgress  int    read   100    length                                              bitmap   BitmapFactory decodeByteArray out toByteArray    0  out size                       else                       is   connection getInputStream                        bitmap   BitmapFactory decodeStream is                                   catch  Throwable e                    if   this isCancelled                          error   new ImageError e  setErrorCode ImageError ERROR GENERAL EXCEPTION                       this cancel true                                   finally                   try                       if  connection    null                          connection disconnect                        if  out    null                            out flush                            out close                                              if  is    null                          is close                      catch  Exception e                        e printStackTrace                                                return bitmap                          Override             protected void onPostExecute Bitmap result                    if  result    null                        Log e TAG   factory returned a null result                        mImageLoaderListener onError new ImageError  downloaded file could not be decoded as bitmap                                setErrorCode ImageError ERROR DECODE FAILED                      else                       Log d TAG   download complete      result getByteCount                                   bytes transferred                        mImageLoaderListener onComplete result                                     mUrlsInProgress remove imageUrl                   System gc                            executeOnExecutor AsyncTask THREAD POOL EXECUTOR              public interface OnBitmapSaveListener           void onBitmapSaved            void onBitmapSaveError ImageError error               public static void writeToDisk  NonNull final File imageFile   NonNull final Bitmap image                                  NonNull final OnBitmapSaveListener listener                                  NonNull final Bitmap CompressFormat format  boolean shouldOverwrite         if  imageFile isDirectory              listener onBitmapSaveError new ImageError  the specified path points to a directory                       should be a file   setErrorCode ImageError ERROR IS DIRECTORY            return             if  imageFile exists              if   shouldOverwrite                listener onBitmapSaveError new ImageError  file already exists                           write operation cancelled   setErrorCode ImageError ERROR FILE EXISTS                return            else if   imageFile delete                  listener onBitmapSaveError new ImageError  could not delete existing file                           most likely the write permission was denied                        setErrorCode ImageError ERROR PERMISSION DENIED                return                       File parent   imageFile getParentFile        if   parent exists    amp  amp   parent mkdirs              listener onBitmapSaveError new ImageError  could not create parent directory                    setErrorCode ImageError ERROR PERMISSION DENIED            return             try           if   imageFile createNewFile                  listener onBitmapSaveError new ImageError  could not create file                        setErrorCode ImageError ERROR PERMISSION DENIED                return                  catch  IOException e            listener onBitmapSaveError new ImageError e  setErrorCode ImageError ERROR GENERAL EXCEPTION            return             new AsyncTask lt Void  Void  Void gt               private ImageError error            Override         protected Void doInBackground Void    params                FileOutputStream fos   null              try                   fos   new FileOutputStream imageFile                   image compress format  100  fos                 catch  IOException e                    error   new ImageError e  setErrorCode ImageError ERROR GENERAL EXCEPTION                   this cancel true                 finally                   if  fos    null                        try                           fos flush                            fos close                          catch  IOException e                            e printStackTrace                                                                      return null                      Override         protected void onCancelled                 listener onBitmapSaveError error                       Override         protected void onPostExecute Void result                listener onBitmapSaved                    executeOnExecutor AsyncTask THREAD POOL EXECUTOR        public static Bitmap readFromDisk  NonNull File imageFile        if   imageFile exists      imageFile isDirectory    return null      return BitmapFactory decodeFile imageFile getAbsolutePath        public interface OnImageReadListener       void onImageRead Bitmap bitmap       void onReadFailed       public static void readFromDiskAsync  NonNull File imageFile   NonNull final OnImageReadListener listener        new AsyncTask lt String  Void  Bitmap gt               Override         protected Bitmap doInBackground String    params                return BitmapFactory decodeFile params 0                        Override         protected void onPostExecute Bitmap bitmap                if  bitmap    null                  listener onImageRead bitmap               else                 listener onReadFailed                    executeOnExecutor AsyncTask THREAD POOL EXECUTOR  imageFile getAbsolutePath            public static final class ImageError extends Throwable            private int errorCode          public static final int ERROR GENERAL EXCEPTION   -1          public static final int ERROR INVALID FILE   0          public static final int ERROR DECODE FAILED   1          public static final int ERROR FILE EXISTS   2          public static final int ERROR PERMISSION DENIED   3          public static final int ERROR IS DIRECTORY   4            public ImageError  NonNull String message                super message                      public ImageError  NonNull Throwable error                super error getMessage    error getCause                 this setStackTrace error getStackTrace                        public ImageError setErrorCode int code                this errorCode   code              return this                     public int getErrorCode                 return errorCode

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Try this  try                                       Bitmap bmp   null                      URL url   new URL  quot Your URL quot                        URLConnection conn   url openConnection                        bmp   BitmapFactory decodeStream conn getInputStream                         File f   new File Environment getExternalStorageDirectory   System currentTimeMillis      quot  jpg quot                        if f exists                            f delete                        f createNewFile                        Bitmap bitmap   bmp                      ByteArrayOutputStream bos   new ByteArrayOutputStream                        bitmap compress Bitmap CompressFormat PNG  0   ignored for PNG    bos                       byte   bitmapdata   bos toByteArray                        FileOutputStream fos   new FileOutputStream f                       fos write bitmapdata                       fos flush                        fos close                        Log e TAG   quot imagepath   quot  f                                      catch  Exception e                                        e printStackTrace

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this code perfectly run in my project   downloadImagesToSdCard imagepath imagepath    private void downloadImagesToSdCard String downloadUrl String imageName                        try                               URL url   new URL  www xxx com  downloadUrl                       making a directory in sdcard                    String sdCard Environment getExternalStorageDirectory   toString                    ContextWrapper cw   new ContextWrapper getActivity                         path to  data data yourapp app data imageDir                 File directory   cw getDir  files   Context MODE PRIVATE                    File myDir   new File directory  folder                         if specified not exist create new                    if  myDir exists                                          myDir mkdir                        Log v      inside mkdir                                          checks the file and if it already exist delete                    String fname   imageName                  File file   new File  myDir  fname                   Log d  file           path      file                   if  file exists                          file delete                          Open a connection                    URLConnection ucon   url openConnection                    InputStream inputStream   null                  HttpURLConnection httpConn    HttpURLConnection ucon                  httpConn setRequestMethod  GET                    httpConn connect                    inputStream   httpConn getInputStream                      if  httpConn getResponseCode      HttpURLConnection HTTP OK                                         inputStream   httpConn getInputStream                                         FileOutputStream fos   new FileOutputStream file                     int totalSize   httpConn getContentLength                    int downloadedSize   0                     byte   buffer   new byte 1024                   int bufferLength   0                  while    bufferLength   inputStream read buffer    gt 0                                                           fos write buffer  0  bufferLength                                         downloadedSize    bufferLength                                       Log i  Progress    downloadedSize   downloadedSize  totalSize    totalSize                                          fos close                    Log d  test    Image Saved in sdcard                        viewimage                              catch IOException io                                                  io printStackTrace                              catch Exception e                                                     e printStackTrace                                        public void viewimage                           String path   serialnumber   png                  ContextWrapper cw   new ContextWrapper getActivity                        path to  data data yourapp app data dirName                 File directory   cw getDir  files   Context MODE PRIVATE                    File mypath new File directory  folder   path                    Bitmap b                  try                       b   BitmapFactory decodeStream new FileInputStream mypath                        b compress format  quality  stream                      profile image setImageBitmap Bitmap createScaledBitmap b  120  120  false                      catch  FileNotFoundException e                           TODO Auto-generated catch block                     e printStackTrace

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Why do you really need your own code to download it  How about just passing your URI to Download manager   public void downloadFile String uRl        File direct   new File Environment getExternalStorageDirectory                   AnhsirkDasarp         if   direct exists              direct mkdirs               DownloadManager mgr    DownloadManager  getActivity   getSystemService Context DOWNLOAD SERVICE        Uri downloadUri   Uri parse uRl       DownloadManager Request request   new DownloadManager Request              downloadUri        request setAllowedNetworkTypes              DownloadManager Request NETWORK WIFI                       DownloadManager Request NETWORK MOBILE               setAllowedOverRoaming false  setTitle  Demo                setDescription  Something useful  No  really                 setDestinationInExternalPublicDir   AnhsirkDasarp    fileName jpg         mgr enqueue request

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it might help you    Button download image    Button bigimagedialog findViewById R id btn downloadimage                       download image setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener                                                 public void onClick View v                                                        boolean success    new File   sdcard dirname    mkdir                                 if   success                                                                Log w  directory not created    directory not created                                                               try                                                               URL url   new URL  YOUR URL                                    HttpURLConnection connection    HttpURLConnection  url openConnection                                    connection setDoInput true                                   connection connect                                    InputStream input   connection getInputStream                                    Bitmap myBitmap   BitmapFactory decodeStream input                                    String data1   String valueOf String format   sdcard dirname  d jpg  System currentTimeMillis                                       FileOutputStream stream   new FileOutputStream data1                                    ByteArrayOutputStream outstream   new ByteArrayOutputStream                                    myBitmap compress Bitmap CompressFormat JPEG  85  outstream                                   byte   byteArray   outstream toByteArray                                     stream write byteArray                                   stream close                                     Toast makeText getApplicationContext     Downloading Completed   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                                                              catch  Exception e                                                                e printStackTrace

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I have a simple solution which is working perfectly  The code is not mine  I found it on this link  Here are the steps to follow   1  Before downloading the image  let   s write a method for saving bitmap into an image file in the internal storage in android  It needs a context  better to use the pass in the application context by getApplicationContext    This method can be dumped into your Activity class or other util classes   public void saveImage Context context  Bitmap b  String imageName         FileOutputStream foStream      try                foStream   context openFileOutput imageName  Context MODE PRIVATE           b compress Bitmap CompressFormat PNG  100  foStream           foStream close               catch  Exception e                 Log d  saveImage    Exception 2  Something went wrong             e printStackTrace              2  Now we have a method to save bitmap into an image file in andorid  let   s write the AsyncTask for downloading images by url  This private class need to be placed in your Activity class as a subclass  After the image is downloaded  in the onPostExecute method  it calls the saveImage method defined above to save the image  Note  the image name is hardcoded as    my image png      private class DownloadImage extends AsyncTask lt String  Void  Bitmap gt        private String TAG    DownloadImage       private Bitmap downloadImageBitmap String sUrl            Bitmap bitmap   null          try               InputStream inputStream   new URL sUrl  openStream         Download Image from URL             bitmap   BitmapFactory decodeStream inputStream            Decode Bitmap             inputStream close              catch  Exception e                Log d TAG   Exception 1  Something went wrong                 e printStackTrace                      return bitmap              Override     protected Bitmap doInBackground String    params            return downloadImageBitmap params 0               protected void onPostExecute Bitmap result            saveImage getApplicationContext    result   my image png              3  The AsyncTask for downloading the image is defined  but we need to execute it in order to run that AsyncTask  To do so  write this line in your onCreate method in your Activity class  or in an onClick method of a button or other places you see fit   new DownloadImage   execute  http   developer android com images activity lifecycle png      The image should be saved in  data data your app packagename files my image jpeg  check this post for accessing this directory from your device   IMO this solves the issue  If you want further steps such as load the image you can follow these extra steps   4  After the image is downloaded  we need a way to load the image bitmap from the internal storage  so we can use it  Let   s write the method for loading the image bitmap  This method takes two paramethers  a context and an image file name  without the full path  the context openFileInput imageName  will look up the file at the save directory when this file name was saved in the above saveImage method   public Bitmap loadImageBitmap Context context  String imageName        Bitmap bitmap   null      FileInputStream fiStream      try           fiStream      context openFileInput imageName           bitmap        BitmapFactory decodeStream fiStream           fiStream close          catch  Exception e            Log d  saveImage    Exception 3  Something went wrong             e printStackTrace              return bitmap      5  Now we have everything we needed for setting the image of an ImageView or any other Views that you like to use the image on  When we save the image  we hardcoded the image name as    my image jpeg     now we can pass this image name to the above loadImageBitmap method to get the bitmap and set it to an ImageView   someImageView setImageBitmap loadImageBitmap getApplicationContext     my image jpeg       6  To get the image full path by image name   File file              getApplicationContext   getFileStreamPath  my image jpeg    String imageFullPath   file getAbsolutePath      7  Check if the image file exists   File file                getApplicationContext   getFileStreamPath  my image jpeg    if  file exists    Log d  file    my image jpeg exists        To delete the image file   File file              getApplicationContext   getFileStreamPath  my image jpeg    if  file delete    Log d  file    my image jpeg deleted

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Droidman post is pretty comprehensive  Volley works good with small data of few kbytes  When I tried to use the  BasicImageDownloader java  the Android Studio gave me warning that the AsyncTask class should to be static or there could be leaks  I used Volley in another test app and that kept crashing because of leaks so I am worried about using Volley for the image downloader  images can be few 100 kB   I used Picasso and it worked well  there is small change  probably an update on Picasso  from what is posted above  Below code worked for me      public static void imageDownload Context ctx  String url       Picasso get   load yourURL               into getTarget url      private static Target getTarget final String url        Target target2   new Target              Override         public void onBitmapLoaded final Bitmap bitmap  Picasso LoadedFrom from                new Thread new Runnable                       Override                 public void run                          File file   new File localPath    quot   quot   quot YourImageFile jpg quot                        try                           file createNewFile                            FileOutputStream ostream   new FileOutputStream file                           bitmap compress Bitmap CompressFormat JPEG  80  ostream                           ostream flush                            ostream close                          catch  IOException e                            Log e  quot IOException quot   e getLocalizedMessage                                                            start                        Override         public void onBitmapFailed Exception e  Drawable errorDrawable                        Override         public void onPrepareLoad Drawable placeHolderDrawable                         return target

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