That's not the link to the image, but to the image info. The link to the high res image is http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Polar_Bear_-_Alaska.jpg You could have found it as I did... just following your own link.
Marina On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Gabriel Higareda <ghiga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry to be posting but I can't see my posts on the group page: This is the > code that is giving me trouble: > > try{ > URL url = new > URL("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Polar_Bear_-_Alaska.jpg"); > HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) > url.openConnection(); > > InputStream is = connection.getInputStream(); > Bitmap img = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is); > > animalPhoto.setImageBitmap(img ); > }catch(Exception e){ > Toast.makeText(this,"IO Exception", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); > } > > But when i run my app, no picture is shown and my catch message shows... Not > sure what is going on. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en