Retrofit, Volley, Glide, Picasso, Universal Image Loader [Comparison] - Android Advanced Tutorial #8

Retrofit, Volley, Glide, Picasso, Universal Image Loader [Comparison] - Android Advanced Tutorial #8

There are three main libraries that I usually use for downloading images from the web or displaying them from a resource file: Glide, Universal Image Loader and Picasso. I talk about them and which one would be best suited for your application.

There are many ways to download data from the web. Some of the most common ways are using Androids HTTP (with AsyncTask), Retrofit, and Volley. I talk about which one would be most suited for your individual application needs.

NOTE: This information is based on MY personal experiences only.

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➤Comparing Universal Image Loader, Glide, Picasso:

➤Comparing Retrofit and Volley:

➤Comparing Retrofit, Volley and OkHTTP:

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[joebonino]

Thanks so much for the amazing tutorials. You are short and to the point and you can tell you put a lot of time into each episode. I graduated with a CS degree and i have already learned more practical material from you than i did my professor! Keep up the good work!!

[AndrewDChristie]

Very useful information, really explains android in a concise way.

[sharathchandra]

nice video with clear explanation. Thanks!

[xvolat]

Easy!!! Yea but I will go for volley because it lets you have control over the app. And I love to parse my own data because I can create complex objects with multiple requests possiblities.

[shuvojitkar]

try fresco for image ...It has two levels of cache, one in memory and another in internal storage. and Fast Android Networking library for doing any type of networking in Android applications which is made on top of OkHttp Networking Layer.

[savageaintsavageanymore]

Retrofit with getters and setters; I often use Volley with Gson that helps get the same result with good organisation of the code.
Which is better in that case?

[allenrowland]

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[AviPars]

This was pretty useful. I am using okhttp and picasso. I should have switched to volley, because I need to get, and put stuff. all in json, and need to parse it.

[TheGyoshon]

Can you do Splash Screens, when you click on the app the first screen pops up

[paulsmithkc]

Linked comparison articles are from 2015-2016, so this is a bit dated.