title: Loading images from application assets with Glide library
body: <p>I have switched my current project from Picasso to Glide. However, I cannot manage to load an image from the application assets. Is that even possible?</p>
  
  <p>Sample code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>String assetPath = "file:///android_asset/flags/FR.jpg";
  Glide.with(getContext())
              .load(Uri.parse(assetPath))
              .placeholder(missingFlagDrawable)
              .centerCrop()
              .crossFade()
              .into(flag);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have also tried the load(String) method without success and I don't see a load method taking for instance an InputStream or a FileDescriptor I could have obtained with the AssetManager class.</p>
  
  <p>That exact same code was working in Picasso.</p>
  
  <p>Glide is working properly in the rest of the app and loading nicely remote images.</p>