diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/ImageRequestHelper.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/ImageRequestHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcb683817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/ImageRequestHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.flat;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.Resources;
+import android.net.Uri;
+
+import com.facebook.imagepipeline.request.ImageRequest;
+import com.facebook.imagepipeline.request.ImageRequestBuilder;
+
+/* package */ class ImageRequestHelper {
+
+  /* package */ static @Nullable ImageRequest createImageRequest(
+      Context context,
+      @Nullable String source) {
+    if (source == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    final ImageRequestBuilder imageRequestBuilder;
+    if (isNetworkResource(source)) {
+      imageRequestBuilder = ImageRequestBuilder.newBuilderWithSource(Uri.parse(source));
+    } else {
+      Resources resources = context.getResources();
+      int resId = resources.getIdentifier(
+          source,
+          "drawable",
+          context.getPackageName());
+      imageRequestBuilder = ImageRequestBuilder.newBuilderWithResourceId(resId);
+    }
+
+    return imageRequestBuilder.build();
+  }
+
+  private static boolean isNetworkResource(String source) {
+    return source.startsWith("http://") || source.startsWith("https://");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTImageView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTImageView.java
index 445380310..1b735b615 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTImageView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTImageView.java
@@ -11,13 +11,8 @@ package com.facebook.react.flat;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.res.Resources;
-import android.net.Uri;
-
 import com.facebook.csslayout.Spacing;
 import com.facebook.drawee.drawable.ScalingUtils.ScaleType;
-import com.facebook.imagepipeline.request.ImageRequestBuilder;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PixelUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactProp;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewProps;
@@ -87,25 +82,8 @@ import com.facebook.react.views.image.ImageResizeMode;
 
   @ReactProp(name = "src")
   public void setSource(@Nullable String source) {
-    if (source == null) {
-      getMutableDrawImage().setImageRequest(null);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    final ImageRequestBuilder imageRequestBuilder;
-    if (isNetworkResource(source)) {
-      imageRequestBuilder = ImageRequestBuilder.newBuilderWithSource(Uri.parse(source));
-    } else {
-      Context context = getThemedContext();
-      Resources resources = context.getResources();
-      int resId = resources.getIdentifier(
-          source,
-          "drawable",
-          context.getPackageName());
-      imageRequestBuilder = ImageRequestBuilder.newBuilderWithResourceId(resId);
-    }
-
-    getMutableDrawImage().setImageRequest(imageRequestBuilder.build());
+    getMutableDrawImage().setImageRequest(
+        ImageRequestHelper.createImageRequest(getThemedContext(), source));
   }
 
   @ReactProp(name = "tintColor")