This library provides an async image downloader with cache support. For convenience, we added categories for UI elements like `UIImageView`, `UIButton`, `MKAnnotationView`.
- [x] [Progressive image loading](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Advanced-Usage#progressive-animation) (including animated image, like GIF showing in Web browser)
- [x] [Thumbnail image decoding](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Advanced-Usage#thumbnail-decoding-550) to save CPU && Memory for large images
- [x] [Extendable image coder](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Advanced-Usage#custom-coder-420) to support massive image format, like WebP
- [x] [Full-stack solution for animated images](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Advanced-Usage#animated-image-50) which keep a balance between CPU && Memory
- [x] [Customizable and composable transformations](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Advanced-Usage#transformer-50) can be applied to the images right after download
- [x] [Customizable and multiple caches system](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Advanced-Usage#custom-cache-50)
- [x] [Customizable and multiple loaders system](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Advanced-Usage#custom-loader-50) to expand the capabilities, like [Photos Library](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePhotosPlugin)
From 5.18.0, SDWebImage can be compiled for visionOS platform. However, it's still in beta and may contains issues unlike the stable iOS UIKit support. Welcome to have a try and [report issue](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/issues).
- Image formats supported by Apple system (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, ...), including [GIF](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Advanced-Usage#gif-coder)/[APNG](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Advanced-Usage#apng-coder) animated image
- HEIC format from iOS 11/macOS 10.13, including animated HEIC from iOS 13/macOS 10.15 via [SDWebImageHEICCoder](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Advanced-Usage#heic-coder). For lower firmware, use coder plugin [SDWebImageHEIFCoder](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageHEIFCoder)
- WebP format from iOS 14/macOS 11.0 via [SDWebImageAWebPCoder](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Advanced-Usage#awebp-coder). For lower firmware, use coder plugin [SDWebImageWebPCoder](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageWebPCoder)
- Support extendable coder plugins for new image formats like BPG, AVIF. And vector format like PDF, SVG. See all the list in [Image coder plugin List](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Coder-Plugin-List)
In order to keep SDWebImage focused and limited to the core features, but also allow extensibility and custom behaviors, during the 5.0 refactoring we focused on modularizing the library.
As such, we have moved/built new modules to [SDWebImage org](https://github.com/SDWebImage).
[SwiftUI](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/swiftui/) is an innovative UI framework written in Swift to build user interfaces across all Apple platforms.
We support SwiftUI by building a brand new framework called [SDWebImageSwiftUI](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageSwiftUI), which is built on top of SDWebImage core functions (caching, loading and animation).
The new framework introduce two View structs `WebImage` and `AnimatedImage` for SwiftUI world, `ImageIndicator` modifier for any View, `ImageManager` observable object for data source. Supports iOS 13+/macOS 10.15+/tvOS 13+/watchOS 6+ and Swift 5.1. Have a nice try and provide feedback!
- [SDWebImageWebPCoder](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageWebPCoder) - coder for WebP format. iOS 8+/macOS 10.10+. Based on [libwebp](https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp)
- [SDWebImageHEIFCoder](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageHEIFCoder) - coder for HEIF format, iOS 8+/macOS 10.10+ support. Based on [libheif](https://github.com/strukturag/libheif)
- [SDWebImageBPGCoder](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageBPGCoder) - coder for BPG format. Based on [libbpg](https://github.com/mirrorer/libbpg)
- [SDWebImageFLIFCoder](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageFLIFCoder) - coder for FLIF format. Based on [libflif](https://github.com/FLIF-hub/FLIF)
- [SDWebImageAVIFCoder](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageAVIFCoder) - coder for AVIF (AV1-based) format. Based on [libavif](https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/libavif)
- [SDWebImageSVGNativeCoder](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageSVGNativeCoder) - coder for SVG-Native vector format. Based on [svg-native](https://github.com/adobe/svg-native-viewer)
- [SDWebImageLottieCoder](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageLottieCoder) - coder for Lottie animation format. Based on [rlottie](https://github.com/Samsung/rlottie)
- [SDWebImageYYPlugin](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageYYPlugin) - plugin to support caching images with [YYCache](https://github.com/ibireme/YYCache)
- [SDWebImagePINPlugin](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePINPlugin) - plugin to support caching images with [PINCache](https://github.com/pinterest/PINCache)
- [SDWebImagePhotosPlugin](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePhotosPlugin) - plugin to support loading images from Photos (using `Photos.framework`)
- [SDWebImageLinkPlugin](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageLinkPlugin) - plugin to support loading images from rich link url, as well as `LPLinkView` (using `LinkPresentation.framework`)
- [SDWebImageLottiePlugin](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageLottiePlugin) - plugin to support [Lottie-iOS](https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-ios), vector animation rending with remote JSON files
- [SDWebImageSVGKitPlugin](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageSVGKitPlugin) - plugin to support [SVGKit](https://github.com/SVGKit/SVGKit), SVG rendering using Core Animation, iOS 8+/macOS 10.10+ support
- [SDWebImageFLPlugin](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageFLPlugin) - plugin to support [FLAnimatedImage](https://github.com/Flipboard/FLAnimatedImage) as the engine for animated GIFs
- [SDWebImageYYPlugin](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageYYPlugin) - plugin to integrate [YYImage](https://github.com/ibireme/YYImage) & [YYCache](https://github.com/ibireme/YYCache) for image rendering & caching
- [FirebaseUI](https://github.com/firebase/FirebaseUI-iOS) - Firebase Storage binding for query images, based on SDWebImage loader system
- [react-native-fast-image](https://github.com/DylanVann/react-native-fast-image) - React Native fast image component, based on SDWebImage Animated Image solution
- [libwebp-Xcode](https://github.com/SDWebImage/libwebp-Xcode) - A wrapper for [libwebp](https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp) + an Xcode project.
- Read the [SDWebImage 5.0 Migration Guide](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/blob/master/Docs/SDWebImage-5.0-Migration-guide.md) to get an idea of the changes from 4.x to 5.x
- Read the [SDWebImage 4.0 Migration Guide](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/blob/master/Docs/SDWebImage-4.0-Migration-guide.md) to get an idea of the changes from 3.x to 4.x
- Read the [Common Problems](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Common-Problems) to find the solution for common problems
- Go to the [Wiki Page](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki) for more information such as [Advanced Usage](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/Advanced-Usage)
- For **understanding code architecture**, read the [Code Architecture Analysis](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/5.6-Code-Architecture-Analysis)
- For details about how to use the library and clear examples, see [The detailed How to use](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/blob/master/Docs/HowToUse.md)
In 5.0, we introduced a brand new mechanism for supporting animated images. This includes animated image loading, rendering, decoding, and also supports customizations (for advanced users).
This animated image solution is available for `iOS`/`tvOS`/`macOS`. The `SDAnimatedImage` is subclass of `UIImage/NSImage`, and `SDAnimatedImageView` is subclass of `UIImageView/NSImageView`, to make them compatible with the common frameworks APIs.
The `SDAnimatedImageView` supports the familiar image loading category methods, works like drop-in replacement for `UIImageView/NSImageView`.
#### FLAnimatedImage integration has its own dedicated repo
In order to clean up things and make our core project do less things, we decided that the `FLAnimatedImage` integration does not belong here. From 5.0, this will still be available, but under a dedicated repo [SDWebImageFLPlugin](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageFLPlugin).
[CocoaPods](http://cocoapods.org/) is a dependency manager for Objective-C, which automates and simplifies the process of using 3rd-party libraries in your projects. See the [Get Started](http://cocoapods.org/#get_started) section for more details.
However, starting with `CocoaPods 1.5.0+` (with `Xcode 9+`), which supports to build both Objective-C && Swift code into static framework. You can use modular headers to use SDWebImage as static framework, without the need of `use_frameworks!`:
There are 2 subspecs available now: `Core` and `MapKit` (this means you can install only some of the SDWebImage modules. By default, you get just `Core`, so if you need `MapKit`, you need to specify it).
[Carthage](https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage) is a lightweight dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C. It leverages CocoaTouch modules and is less invasive than CocoaPods.
If this is your first time using Carthage in the project, you'll need to go through some additional steps as explained [over at Carthage](https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage#adding-frameworks-to-an-application).
> NOTE: At this time, Carthage does not provide a way to build only specific repository subcomponents (or equivalent of CocoaPods's subspecs). All components and their dependencies will be built with the above command. However, you don't need to copy frameworks you aren't using into your project. For instance, if you aren't using `SDWebImageMapKit`, feel free to delete that framework from the Carthage Build directory after `carthage update` completes.
### Installation with Swift Package Manager (Xcode 11+)
[Swift Package Manager](https://swift.org/package-manager/) (SwiftPM) is a tool for managing the distribution of Swift code as well as C-family dependency. From Xcode 11, SwiftPM got natively integrated with Xcode.
SDWebImage support SwiftPM from version 5.1.0. To use SwiftPM, you should use Xcode 11 to open your project. Click `File` -> `Swift Packages` -> `Add Package Dependency`, enter [SDWebImage repo's URL](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage.git). Or you can login Xcode with your GitHub account and just type `SDWebImage` to search.
After select the package, you can choose the dependency type (tagged version, branch or commit). Then Xcode will setup all the stuff for you.
If you're a framework author and use SDWebImage as a dependency, update your `Package.swift` file:
From Xcode 15, we provide the new `PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy` file for privacy details, see [Describing data use in privacy manifests](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/privacy_manifest_files/describing_data_use_in_privacy_manifests?language=objc)
You can exports the privacy report after archive your App by integrate SDWebImage via SwiftPM/XCFramework (Note: CocoaPods does not support currently).
For old version, as required by the [App privacy details on the App Store](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-privacy-details/), here's SDWebImage's list of [Data Collection Practices](https://sdwebimage.github.io/DataCollection/index.html).
To learn about SDWebImage's architecture design for contribution, read [The Core of SDWebImage v5.6 Architecture](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage/wiki/5.6-Code-Architecture-Analysis). Thanks @looseyi for the post and translation.
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