Loading/Downloading image from URL on Swift

Question

I\'d like to load an image from a URL in my application, so I first tried with Objective-C and it worked, however, with Swift, I\'ve a compilation error:

Answer 1

swift 3 with error handling

let url = URL(string: arr[indexPath.row] as! String)
if url != nil {
    DispatchQueue.global().async {
        let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url!) //make sure your image in this url does exist, otherwise unwrap in a if let check / try-catch
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            if data != nil {
                cell.imgView.image = UIImage(data:data!)
            }else{
                cell.imgView.image = UIImage(named: "default.png")
            }
        }
    }
}

With Extension

extension UIImageView {

    func setCustomImage(_ imgURLString: String?) {
        guard let imageURLString = imgURLString else {
            self.image = UIImage(named: "default.png")
            return
        }
        DispatchQueue.global().async { [weak self] in
            let data = try? Data(contentsOf: URL(string: imageURLString)!)
            DispatchQueue.main.async {
                self?.image = data != nil ? UIImage(data: data!) : UIImage(named: "default.png")
            }
        }
    }
}

Extension Usage

myImageView. setCustomImage("url")

With Cache support

let imageCache = NSCache()

extension UIImageView {

    func loadImageUsingCacheWithURLString(_ URLString: String, placeHolder: UIImage?) {

        self.image = nil
        if let cachedImage = imageCache.object(forKey: NSString(string: URLString)) {
            self.image = cachedImage
            return
        }

        if let url = URL(string: URLString) {
            URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) in

                //print("RESPONSE FROM API: \(response)")
                if error != nil {
                    print("ERROR LOADING IMAGES FROM URL: \(String(describing: error))")
                    DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
                        self?.image = placeHolder
                    }
                    return
                }
                DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
                    if let data = data {
                        if let downloadedImage = UIImage(data: data) {
                            imageCache.setObject(downloadedImage, forKey: NSString(string: URLString))
                            self?.image = downloadedImage
                        }
                    }
                }
            }).resume()
        }
    }
}