public Bitmap returnBitMap(String url){ URL myFileUrl = null; Bitmap bitmap = null; try { myFileUrl = new URL(url); } catch (MalformedURLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } try { HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) myFileUrl.openConnection(); conn.setDoInput(true); conn.connect(); InputStream is = conn.getInputStream(); bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is); is.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return bitmap; }