iOS SDWebImage fade in new image

Question

I\'ve been using SDWebImage on my iPhone app to handle all of the image loading. I am using a placeholder image, and I want to crossfade or fade in the new image once it loads.

Answer 1

Here is the code which help me out and working great.

photoImageView.sd_imageTransition = .fade
photoImageView.sd_setImage(with: URL(string: imageUrl), completed: nil)

Answer 2

This is Swift 4 version of @Zoltan Varadi answer:

extension UIImageView {
    public func sd_setImageWithURLWithFade(url: URL!, placeholderImage placeholder: UIImage!) {
        self.sd_setImage(with: url, placeholderImage: placeholder) { (image, error, cacheType, url) -> Void in
            if let downLoadedImage = image {
                if cacheType == .none {
                    self.alpha = 0
                    UIView.transition(with: self, duration: 0.3, options: UIViewAnimationOptions.transitionCrossDissolve, animations: { () -> Void in
                        self.image = downLoadedImage
                        self.alpha = 1
                    }, completion: nil)   
                }
            } else {
                self.image = placeholder
            }
        }
    }
}

I changed the duration to 0.3

You can add this function to the extension in order you need the completionHandler block:

public func sd_setImageWithURLWithFade(url: URL!, placeholderImage placeholder: UIImage!, comple: @escaping (Bool)->()) {
    self.sd_setImage(with: url, placeholderImage: placeholder, options: .allowInvalidSSLCertificates) { (image, error, cacheType, url) in
        if let downLoadedImage = image {
            if cacheType == .none {
                self.alpha = 0
                UIView.transition(with: self, duration: 0.3, options: UIViewAnimationOptions.transitionCrossDissolve, animations: { () -> Void in
                    self.image = downLoadedImage
                    self.alpha = 1
                }, completion: { _ in
                    comple(true)
                })
            }
        } else {
            self.image = placeholder
        }
    }
}