How to display image on UIImageView using URL and NSString in ios?

Question

I want to display image on UIImageView using URL and NSString. I am unable to show image.

My code is:

UIImageView *view_Im         


        

Answer 1

   dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
    NSString *str = self.recordlarge[@"images"];
    NSLog(@"Project Gallery id Record : %@",str);
    NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:str]];
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        [self.myimagelarge setImage:[UIImage imageWithData:data]];
    });    
});

Answer 2

Just do it

NSString *imgURL = @"imagUrl";

NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:imgURL]];

[YourImgView setImage:[UIImage imageWithData:data]];

Using GCD : If you don't want to hang your application then you can download your image in background.

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
        NSString *imgURL = @"imagUrl";
        NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:imgURL]];

    //set your image on main thread.
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        [YourImgView setImage:[UIImage imageWithData:data]];
    });    
});

Answer 3

Get image from following code

NSData *imageUrl = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"Your image URL Here"]];

Then set image using following code

[UIImage imageWithData:imageUrl];

Answer 4

For Swift 3.0

Synchronously:

if let filePath = Bundle.main().pathForResource("imageName", ofType: "jpg"), image = UIImage(contentsOfFile: filePath) {
    imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
    imageView.image = image
}

Asynchronously:

Create a method with a completion handler to get the image data from your url

func getDataFromUrl(url:URL, completion: ((data: Data?, response: URLResponse?, error: NSError? ) -> Void)) {
    URLSession.shared().dataTask(with: url) {
        (data, response, error) in
        completion(data: data, response: response, error: error)
    }.resume()
}

Create a method to download the image (start the task)

func downloadImage(url: URL){
    print("Download Started")
    getDataFromUrl(url: url) { (data, response, error)  in
        DispatchQueue.main.sync() { () -> Void in
            guard let data = data where error == nil else { return }
            print(response?.suggestedFilename ?? url.lastPathComponent ?? "")
            print("Download Finished")
            self.imageView.image = UIImage(data: data)
        }
    }
}

Usage:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    print("Begin of code")
    if let checkedUrl = URL(string: "http://www.apple.com/euro/ios/ios8/a/generic/images/og.png") {
        imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
        downloadImage(url: checkedUrl)
    }
    print("End of code. The image will continue downloading in the background and it will be loaded when finished.")
}

Extension:

extension UIImageView {
    func downloadedFrom(link: String, contentMode mode: UIViewContentMode = .scaleAspectFit) {
        guard let url = URL(string: link) else { return }
        contentMode = mode
        URLSession.shared().dataTask(with: url) { (data, response, error) in
            guard
                let httpURLResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse where httpURLResponse.statusCode == 200,
                let mimeType = response?.mimeType where mimeType.hasPrefix("image"),
                let data = data where error == nil,
                let image = UIImage(data: data)
                else { return }
            DispatchQueue.main.sync() { () -> Void in
                self.image = image
            }
        }.resume()
    }
}

Usage:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    print("Begin of code")
    imageView.downloadedFrom(link: "http://www.apple.com/euro/ios/ios8/a/generic/images/og.png")
    print("End of code. The image will continue downloading in the background and it will be loaded when finished.")

}