Why use Android Picasso library to download images?
Why should I download the images via the Picasso library instead of just using this code: private Bitmap DownloadImage(String URL) { Bitmap bitmap = null; InputStream in = null; try { in = OpenHttpGETConnection(URL); bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(in); in.close(); } catch (Exception e) { Log.d("DownloadImage", e.getLocalizedMessage()); } return bitmap; } Another question: Does Picasso download the image in the UI or by background thread? Just for the record for anyone new to Android or perhaps moving to Android from iOS .......... Until something drastically changes, you absolutely have