Is there a way to load image as bitmap to Glide

For version 4 you have to call asBitmap() before load()

GlideApp.with(itemView.getContext())
        .asBitmap()
        .load(data.getImageUrl())
        .into(new SimpleTarget<Bitmap>() {
            @Override
            public void onResourceReady(Bitmap resource, Transition<? super Bitmap> transition) {}
            });
        }

More info: http://bumptech.github.io/glide/doc/targets.html

This solution is working with Glide V4. You can get the bitmap like this:

Bitmap bitmap = Glide
    .with(context)
    .asBitmap()
    .load(uri_File_String_Or_ResourceId)
    .submit()
    .get();

Note: this will block the current thread to load the image.