CPImageView

A small, lightweight subclass of UIImageView which supports async loading from URLs and caching both in memory and storage.

Features

• Loading images asynchronously from a web server without interrupting the UI thread
• Automatic caching images on the file system and using cache where needed
• Additional automatic caching of newly downloaded files in-memory for faster access and releasing them if app receives memory warning
• Optionally clearing previous image while loading, and checking if downloaded image is still the image to be displayed on the view upon download (ideal for using in reusable table view cells)
• Optional logging about download and caching events

Usage

CPImageView is a subclass of the standard UIImageView. Just change your UIImageView instance to CPImageView whether it's in code or in Interface Builder.

• For changing/settings an existing image view's image, use setImageFromURL: to set the source image from a URL. You can both pass in an NSString or an NSURL, the method (and all the other similar methods) accepts both. You can pass in nil to clear the image.

• To create a new image view, you can use initWithImageURL: method directly to initialize an instance and start loading the image.

• You may use the convenience methods storedImageForURL: and storeImage:forURL: methods to access file system cache for images.

Alternatives

There are many more alternatives to CPImageView, use whatever you need. There are more advanced, and even lighther alternatives to CPImageView. If they suit your needs, use them. If CPImageView is just what you need, feel free to use it. If you like to contribute to CPImageView, you are more than welcome to!