Android - Load Image From Url

private Bitmap getBitmap(String path) throws Exception {
    if(!path.equals("")){
        URL u = new URL(path);
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection)u.openConnection();
        conn.setDoInput(true); //        conn.connect();
        InputStream localInputStream;
        Bitmap localBitmap ;
        localInputStream = conn.getInputStream();
        localBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(localInputStream, null, null);
        return localBitmap;
    }
    return null;
}