bad bitmap error when setting Uri

Question

I would like to make an ImageView display an image on a website. So I create a new ImageView and execute imgView.setImageURI(uri);

When I launch the app the

Answer 1

You need to download the image and then set it as bitmap. Here is one of the many examples: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/multithreading-for-performance.html