Do I need to include entire SDWebImage library for image downloading in UICollectionView?

Question

I want to use the "SDWebImage" library in my iOS application in which I am using an UICollectionView to display a number of images.

Do I need to add all the files from SDWebImage library to my project? I learnt that I just need to import the UIImageview+webcache category in my view controller to start the image download. Please give your inputs.

Answer 1

The best practice would be to install it through Cocoapods: https://github.com/rs/SDWebImage#installation-with-cocoapods

That way, you won't have to worry about dependencies and you will just need to use

#import <SDWebImage/UIImageView+WebCache.h>

anywhere you need it