How to Download an image in ANDROID programatically?

How to Download an image in ANDROID programatically?

Hello everyone..
In one of my tutorials I have shown you how to upload an image in android..
In todays tutorial I will show you how to download an image into your phone programatically.
I am just picking up an image url from google to show the download.

This is the main program that downloads the file.

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package pack.coderzheaven;   import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.net.URL; import java.net.URLConnection; import org.apache.http.util.ByteArrayBuffer; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.TextView;   public class DownloadImage extends Activity {       private final String PATH = "/data/data/pack.coderzheaven/";     TextView tv;     @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.main);         tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tv);         DownloadFromUrl(PATH+"dwn_img.jpg");     }     public void DownloadFromUrl(String fileName) {             try {                     URL url = new URL("http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQs0EPegqi56Alq4vCgC_lVDbZvJtk51RhER7AyDEVA3nUkzjMVK-yDHY3V-w"); //you can write here any link                     File file = new File(fileName);                       long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();                     tv.setText("Starting download......from " + url);                     URLConnection ucon = url.openConnection();                     InputStream is = ucon.getInputStream();                     BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(is);                     /*                      * Read bytes to the Buffer until there is nothing more to read(-1).                      */                     ByteArrayBuffer baf = new ByteArrayBuffer(50);                     int current = 0;                     while ((current = bis.read()) != -1) {                             baf.append((byte) current);                     }                       FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);                     fos.write(baf.toByteArray());                     fos.close();                     tv.setText("Download Completed in" + ((System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) / 1000) + " sec");             } catch (IOException e) {                  tv.setText("Error: " + e);             }     } }

AndroidManifest.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"       package="pack.coderzheaven"       android:versionCode="1"       android:versionName="1.0">           <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>         <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"></uses-permission>         <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"></uses-permission>       <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">         <activity android:name=".DownloadImage"                   android:label="@string/app_name">             <intent-filter>                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />             </intent-filter>         </activity>     </application> </manifest>

main.xml contents.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"       package="pack.coderzheaven"       android:versionCode="1"       android:versionName="1.0">           <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>         <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"></uses-permission>         <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"></uses-permission>       <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">         <activity android:name=".DownloadImage"                   android:label="@string/app_name">             <intent-filter>                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />             </intent-filter>         </activity>     </application> </manifest>

Strings.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources>     <string name="hello">DownloadImage Demo from CoderzHeaven</string>     <string name="app_name">DownloadImage</string> </resources>

Download Image Demo