Checkout this code . IN this tutorial you can find how to load image from asset folder.
// load image
try
{
// get input stream
InputStream ims = getAssets().open("avatar.jpg");
// load image as Drawable
Drawable d = Drawable.createFromStream(ims, null);
// set image to ImageView
mImage.setImageDrawable(d);
ims .close();
}
catch(IOException ex)
{
return;
}