diff --git a/Image/image.android.ts b/Image/image.android.ts
index d044fdc46..4a3bedbf8 100644
--- a/Image/image.android.ts
+++ b/Image/image.android.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ export module tk {
                 return (this._nativeImage != null);
             }
 
+            public loadFromBitmap(source: any): boolean {
+                this._nativeImage = source;
+                return (this._nativeImage != null);
+            }
+
             public saveToFile(path: string, format: ImageType, quality?: number): boolean {
                 if (this._nativeImage) {
                     var targetFormat = android.graphics.Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG;
diff --git a/Image/image.d.ts b/Image/image.d.ts
index 65db7e37f..2db2ab723 100644
--- a/Image/image.d.ts
+++ b/Image/image.d.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
             loadFromResource(name: string): boolean;
             loadFromFile(path: string): boolean;
             loadFromData(data: any): boolean;
+            loadFromBitmap(source: any): boolean;
             saveToFile(path: string, format: ImageType, quality?: number): boolean;
 
             getHeight(): number;
diff --git a/Image/image.ios.ts b/Image/image.ios.ts
index bc267af8c..baff7a44a 100644
--- a/Image/image.ios.ts
+++ b/Image/image.ios.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
                 return (this._nativeImage != null);
             }
 
+            public loadFromBitmap(source: any): boolean {
+                this._nativeImage = source;
+                return (this._nativeImage != null);
+            }
+
             public saveToFile(path: string, format: ImageType, quality?: number): boolean {
                 if (null == this._nativeImage) {
                     return false;
diff --git a/WebClient/web_client.android.ts b/WebClient/web_client.android.ts
index a110e229d..f3bd0ab7b 100644
--- a/WebClient/web_client.android.ts
+++ b/WebClient/web_client.android.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export module tk {
                                     errorCallback(e.toString());
                                     return;
                                 }
-
                                 successCallback(result);
                             }
                         })).get();
@@ -45,9 +44,20 @@ export module tk {
             public getImage(url: string, successCallback: (result: image_module.tk.ui.Image) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void) {
                 try {
                     if (successCallback) {
-                        var image = new image_module.tk.ui.Image();
-                        image.loadFromData(new java.net.URL(url).getContent());
-                        successCallback(image);
+                        var context = app_module.tk.ui.Application.current.android.context;
+                        com.koushikdutta.ion.Ion.with(context, url).asBitmap().setCallback(new com.koushikdutta.async.future.FutureCallback({
+                            onCompleted: function (e, result) {
+                                if (e && errorCallback) {
+                                    errorCallback(e.toString());
+                                    return;
+                                }
+
+                                var image = new image_module.tk.ui.Image();
+                                image.loadFromBitmap(result);
+
+                                successCallback(image);
+                            }
+                        })).get();
                     }
                 } catch (ex) {