How to correctly form URL to display Bitmap

Question

I try to download image by URL but keep getting

D/skia: --- SkAndroidCodec::NewFromStream returned null

in logs. I assume this is because my URL is malformed. How do I download it correctly? This is how I'm downloading the image right now:

URL imageUrl = new URL("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/YellowbilledLoon23.jpg");
Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(imageUrl.openConnection().getInputStream());

Edit: As CommonsWare suggested in the comments, the solution for me was changing URL from http to https.

I would highly recommend looking into a library like Picasso for image loading, not that it answers your question. — zgc7009, Oct 27 '16 at 18:00
The URL opens in a web browser. It does not appear to be malformed. — OneCricketeer, Oct 27 '16 at 18:03
did you try this answer on stackoverflow http://stackoverflow.com/a/14648729/3678308?? — Muhammad Waleed, Oct 27 '16 at 18:03
That URL issues an HTTP 301 redirect to the `https` edition of the URL. Try using the `https` edition directly. Then, switch to an image-loading library, as zgc7009 suggests. — CommonsWare, Oct 27 '16 at 18:12
Check this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18210700/best-method-to-download-image-from-url-in-android — Aayush Thakur, Oct 27 '16 at 18:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '16 at 18:35

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Try this

URL imageUrl = new URL("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/YellowbilledLoon23.jpg");
Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(imageUrl.openConnection().getInputStream());

answered Oct 27 '16 at 18:35

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