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public class LoadPicTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Bitmap> {

    private final ImageView imageView;

    public LoadPicTask(ImageView imageView) {
        this.imageView = imageView;
    }

    protected Bitmap doInBackground(String... urls) {
        try {
            URL url = new URL("https://blah.whatever/url/thing");
            return BitmapFactory.decodeStream(url.openConnection().getInputStream());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(Bitmap bitmap) {
        // do what you want with it
    }
}

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