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.
>
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