[Android] Image Loading with ION As an Alternative for Glide

[tanscy-cassie]

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Proposed title of article

Image Loading with ION As an Alternative for Glide

Proposed article introduction

Android Asynchronous Networking and Image Loading with ION. Just like other existing libraries such as Glide and Picasso, you can always go for Ion for loading images asynchronously from an API or Firebase. This API is easy to implement and use making it more effective. With it, you can do HTTP POST and GET of JSON objects, cancel requests or perform Grouping.

ION is more full of features that Glide or Picasso has. Using it will reduce adding a lot more libraries into your app which will make it larger in space taken on the phone.

Key takeaways

• Understanding ION and comparison with Glide
• Loading Images and JSON objects with ION
• Grouping requests
• Cancelling request
• Logging data with ION

Article quality

This article will illustrate on how to use this library through construction of an app that will be simple and clear for everyone to follow along.

References

• Dutta's Documentation on ION

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[lalith1403]

@LinusMuema can you take a look at this issue?

[tanscy-cassie]

@LinusMuema Can i proceed with the article?

[LinusMuema]

Hi @tanscy-cassie Sorry for the late reply.

Regarding your article, how different would it be compared to the official docs. I can see the docs have examples for all of the use cases you have mentioned.

[tanscy-cassie]

@LinusMuema @ahmadmardeni1 @lalith1403 @louisefindlay23 My article will look into much depth at the uses-cases with good examples illustrating how to use the library in your app. This will also be more understandable than going through the whole documentation. It will be perfect for beginners and also any other developers looking to use this library.

[tanscy-cassie]

Hello there @LinusMuema

[LinusMuema]

Hi @tanscy-cassie

Make sure you article doesn't conflict with the docs or have any content take verbatim. This will raise flags during the plagiarism check.

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