glide README

The project's README from github.com/bumptech/glide. As one markdown file: README.md.

Glide

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Glide is a fast and efficient open source media management and image loading framework for Android that wraps media decoding, memory and disk caching, and resource pooling into a simple and easy to use interface.

Glide supports fetching, decoding, and displaying video stills, images, and animated GIFs. Glide includes a flexible API that allows developers to plug in to almost any network stack. By default Glide uses a custom HttpUrlConnection based stack, but also includes utility libraries plug in to Google's Volley project or Square's OkHttp library instead.

Glide's primary focus is on making scrolling any kind of a list of images as smooth and fast as possible, but Glide is also effective for almost any case where you need to fetch, resize, and display a remote image.

Download

For detailed instructions and requirements, see Glide's download and setup docs page.

You can download a jar from GitHub's releases page.

Or use Gradle:

repositories {
  google()
  mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
  implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:5.0.9'
}

Or Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.github.bumptech.glide</groupId>
  <artifactId>glide</artifactId>
  <version>5.0.9</version>
</dependency>

For info on using the bleeding edge, see the Snapshots docs page.

R8 / Proguard

The specific rules are already bundled into the aar which can be interpreted by R8 automatically

How do I use Glide?

Check out the documentation for pages on a variety of topics, and see the javadocs.

For Glide v3, see the wiki.

Simple use cases will look something like this:

// For a simple view:
@Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  ...
  ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.my_image_view);

  Glide.with(this).load("https://goo.gl/gEgYUd").into(imageView);
}

// For a simple image list:
@Override public View getView(int position, View recycled, ViewGroup container) {
  final ImageView myImageView;
  if (recycled == null) {
    myImageView = (ImageView) inflater.inflate(R.layout.my_image_view, container, false);
  } else {
    myImageView = (ImageView) recycled;
  }

  String url = myUrls.get(position);

  Glide
    .with(myFragment)
    .load(url)
    .centerCrop()
    .placeholder(R.drawable.loading_spinner)
    .into(myImageView);

  return myImageView;
}

Status

Version 4 is now released and stable. Updates are released periodically with new features and bug fixes.

Comments/bugs/questions/pull requests are always welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md on how to report issues.

Compatibility

If you need to support older versions of Android, consider staying on Glide v3, which works on API 10, but is not actively maintained.

Build

Building Glide with gradle is fairly straight forward:

git clone https://github.com/bumptech/glide.git
cd glide
./gradlew jar

Note: Make sure your Android SDK has the Android Support Repository installed, and that your $ANDROID_HOME environment variable is pointing at the SDK or add a local.properties file in the root project with a sdk.dir=... line.

Samples

Follow the steps in the Build section to set up the project and then:

./gradlew :samples:flickr:run
./gradlew :samples:giphy:run
./gradlew :samples:svg:run
./gradlew :samples:contacturi:run

You may also find precompiled APKs on the releases page.

Development

Follow the steps in the Build section to setup the project and then edit the files however you wish. Android Studio cleanly imports both Glide's source and tests and is the recommended way to work with Glide.

To open the project in Android Studio:

  1. Go to File menu or the Welcome Screen
  2. Click on Open...
  3. Navigate to Glide's root directory.
  4. Select setting.gradle

For more details, see the Contributing docs page.

Getting Help

To report a specific problem or feature request, open a new issue on Github. For questions, suggestions, or anything else, email Glide's discussion group, or join our IRC channel: irc.freenode.net#glide-library.

Contributing

Before submitting pull requests, contributors must sign Google's individual contributor license agreement.

Thanks

Author

Sam Judd - @sjudd on GitHub, @samajudd on Twitter

License

BSD, part MIT and Apache 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.

Disclaimer

This is not an official Google product.

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What is this?A fast, efficient open source media management and image loading framework for Android: it wraps media decoding, memory and disk caching, and resource pooling behind a simple interface.
Is it a framework or a library?The README calls it a framework, but you consume it like a library: add it as a dependency and it handles fetching, decoding, caching, and displaying media through a simple API.
How do I add Glide to my Android project?Add it with Gradle or Maven, or download a jar from the GitHub releases page; the download and setup docs page has full instructions. R8/ProGuard rules are already bundled inside the aar.
Which Android versions does it support?Glide v4 requires a minimum Android API level of 14, and your project must compile against API 26 or later. Supporting older devices (down to API 10) means staying on v3, which is no longer actively maintained.
Are there any known pitfalls?Round image views like CircleImageView clash with crossfade transitions and animated GIFs — use a BitmapTransformation such as circleCrop or .dontAnimate(). Huge images like maps load via downsampling, but zooming and panning views are not supported.
Does Glide work on iOS or the web too?No — Glide is an image loading framework built specifically for Android apps; there is no iOS, desktop, or web version.
What media can it load — only static images?No — alongside still images, Glide fetches, decodes, and displays video stills and animated GIFs through the same pipeline.
Does Glide tie me to a particular networking library?No. The default network stack is based on HttpUrlConnection, and optional integration libraries let you plug in Google's Volley or Square's OkHttp instead.
Why is smooth scrolling such a big deal for Glide?That is its primary focus: making scrolling through any list of images as smooth and fast as possible — the caching and resource pooling serve that goal. It also works well whenever you need to fetch, resize, and display a remote image.
Is Glide v4 stable and still maintained?Yes — version 4 is released and stable, and updates ship periodically with new features and bug fixes. Documentation for the older v3 line lives on the wiki.
What are similar projects?Android-Universal-Image-Loader, fresco, uCrop, EventBus, GSYVideoPlayer, zxing, SmartRefreshLayout, MaterialDrawer
Which topics is it in?gif, android-development, android-library, image, caching, memory, image-processing, bsd, developers, java, mobile, performance
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