Is there a way to load image as bitmap to Glide
For version 4 you have to call asBitmap() before load() GlideApp.with(itemView.getContext()) .asBitmap() .load(data.getImageUrl()) .into(new SimpleTarget<Bitmap>() { @Override public void onResourceReady(Bitmap resource, Transition<? super Bitmap> transition) {} }); } More info: http://bumptech.github.io/glide/doc/targets.html