Load a contact photo thumbnail and return it as a Bitmap, resizing the image to the provided image dimensions as needed.

ContactPhotoDataToBitmap

/**
     * 
     * @param photoData photo ID Prior to Honeycomb, the contact's _ID value.
     * For Honeycomb and later, the value of PHOTO_THUMBNAIL_URI.
     * @return A thumbnail Bitmap, sized to the provided width and height.
     * Returns null if the thumbnail is not found.
     */
    private Bitmap loadContactPhotoThumbnail(String photoData) {
        // Creates an asset file descriptor for the thumbnail file.
        AssetFileDescriptor afd = null;
        // try-catch block for file not found
        try {
            // Creates a holder for the URI.
            Uri thumbUri;
            // If Android 3.0 or later
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT
                    >=
                    Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
                // Sets the URI from the incoming PHOTO_THUMBNAIL_URI
                thumbUri = Uri.parse(photoData);
            } else {
                // Prior to Android 3.0, constructs a photo Uri using _ID
                /*
                 * Creates a contact URI from the Contacts content URI
                 * incoming photoData (_ID)
                 */
                final Uri contactUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(
                        ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, photoData);
                /*
                 * Creates a photo URI by appending the content URI of
                 * Contacts.Photo.
                 */
                thumbUri =
                        Uri.withAppendedPath(
                                contactUri, ContactsContract.Contacts.Photo.CONTENT_DIRECTORY);
            }

        /*
         * Retrieves an AssetFileDescriptor object for the thumbnail
         * URI
         * using ContentResolver.openAssetFileDescriptor
         */
            afd = getContentResolver().
                    openAssetFileDescriptor(thumbUri, "r");
        /*
         * Gets a file descriptor from the asset file descriptor.
         * This object can be used across processes.
         */
            FileDescriptor fileDescriptor = afd.getFileDescriptor();
            // Decode the photo file and return the result as a Bitmap
            // If the file descriptor is valid
            if (fileDescriptor != null) {
                // Decodes the bitmap
                return BitmapFactory.decodeFileDescriptor(
                        fileDescriptor, null, null);
            }
            // If the file isn't found
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            /*
             * Handle file not found errors
             */
            // In all cases, close the asset file descriptor
        } finally {
            if (afd != null) {
                try {
                    afd.close();
                } catch (IOException e) {}
            }
        }
        return null;
    }