Picasso: Extension to load images with Picasso

[vknow360]

1.Introduction

Description: Extension to load images with Picasso (For AI2 and its distros)
Latest Version: 1.1
Released: 2020-12-28T18:30:00Z
Last Updated: 2021-03-05T18:30:00Z

2.Blocks

3.Usages

The extension can be used with any view component.
A good example will be this:

If you want to resize image then make sure you provide both, height and width.

Delete cache if you want to load fresh image

4.Source Code

You can find the source code at the below repo:

vknow360/Picasso

5.Downloads

Download Link1: com.sunny.Picasso.aix (166.2 KB)

6.Liked my work

Thank you
Kindly PM me if you want to donate.

7.Updates

ChangeLog Version 1.1

New blocks

Changes

• Enabled enableIndicators property

Hope it helps!

[KUMARASWAMY_B.G]

What is Picasso? Does it mean like loading animation for the image?

[vknow360]

@KUMARASWAMY_B.G

What is Picasso?

Picasso is an image loading and caching library.It does most of the work from its own and is very easy to use so it is best for new developers.

@KUMARASWAMY_B.G

Does it mean like loading animation for the image?

Unfortunately it does not support Gif loading.

[Anke]

@vknow360

Picasso is an image loading and caching library.It does most of the work from its own and is very easy to use so it is best for new developers.

But where is the advantage over the Image component?

Screenshots / Blocks

Second from Image component:

[vknow360]

@Anke

But where is the advantage over the Image component?

Caching and transformation options.
Image loading libraries are not meant to be used for small size images.
They are used to dynamically load images.
It is similar to Glide, another same kind of library.

[Salman_Dev]

Nice Extension @vknow360
Good Job

[Patryk_F]

I see that the image loaded with Picasso is very blurry.

[Patryk_F]

Therefore, it would be worth showing how the extension works in the sample aia file, so that you can see where it is superior to the image component. To make it easy to see when it is better to apply the extension and when the image component. After that, thanks for expanding and expanding your list of very useful extensions.

[vknow360]

@Patryk_F

I see that the image loaded with Picasso is very blurry.

Yes.
@Anke can you share the image url?

@Patryk_F

it would be worth showing how the extension works in the sample aia file

Creating an aia file for just this block is a very difficult task:

@vknow360

A good example will be this:

@Patryk_F

so that you can see where it is superior to the image component.

Here is your answer:

@vknow360

Caching and transformation options.
Image loading libraries are not meant to be used for small size images.
They are used to dynamically load images.
It is similar to Glide, another same kind of library.

If you want a detailed comparison than here you go:

Picasso v/s Imageloader v/s Fresco vs Glide

[Anke]

@vknow360

@Anke can you share the image url?

Of course, I'll send it via PM.

[vknow360]

Here are my test results:
(Image1 is loaded with Picasso)

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@Patryk_F

I see that the image loaded with Picasso is very blurry.

@vknow360

Yes.

Because Vertical Arrangement != Image

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How is it better than Image component?

• does not block UI
• caches image for future use
• gives options for transformation
• provides callbacks for image loading (Success and ErrorOccurred events)
• options for placeholder and error images (useful for thumbnails)
• works with all view components

[Shameek_Biswas]

Nice extension @vknow360
You are building extensions very fastly

[Anke]

@vknow360 Please remove READ permission request for the ASD.

[vknow360]

You can compile the desired version from github repo.

[vknow360]

ChangeLog Version 1.1

New blocks

Changes

• Enabled enableIndicators property