Android get image to Bitmap from filepath

Question

I'm trying to set the image from a specific filepath ON THE PHONE. The filepath is to the photo on the phone. the filepath could look like this

/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/picture.jpg

Here is the code.

Bitmap image = null;

//trying to set the image from filepath
try {
    image = BitmapFactory.decodeStream((InputStream) new URL(filepath).getContent());
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

if (image == null) {
    //This becomes true because the image is not set
    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"image == null",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

In the end the image is not set.

Answer 1

Use This Method to get Bitmap from Filepath

public Bitmap getBitmap(String path) {
Bitmap bitmap=null;
try {
    File f= new File(path);
    BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
    options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888;
    bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FileInputStream(f), null, options);
    image.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace(); 
}
return bitmap ;
}