Can I use Glide to get the refined/desired bitmap to draw on the canvas?

Maybe goals are all you need. Check it out here .

Glide.with(yourApplicationContext))
    .load(youUrl)
    .asBitmap()
    .into(new SimpleTarget<Bitmap>(myWidth, myHeight) {
        @Override
        public void onResourceReady(Bitmap bitmap, GlideAnimation anim) {
            // Do something with bitmap here.
        }
    };

In it, onResourceReadyyou are ready to load the bitmap to the desired location.

edit

Your app is crashing because you need to run your code in the UI thread. Try this:

// Get a handler that can be used to post to the main thread
Handler mainHandler = new Handler(context.getMainLooper());

Runnable myRunnable = new Runnable() {
    @Override 
    public void run() {....} // Your code goes inside the run method
};
mainHandler.post(myRunnable);