Mastering Coil in Android with Jetpack Compose — The Ultimate Guide

Loading images in Android has always been a challenge. From Glide to Picasso, we’ve seen multiple libraries trying to make image loading smoother. But Coil (Coil-kt) changes the game!

We’ll explore Coil with Jetpack Compose in different real-world scenarios with clear code examples.

Getting Started — Adding Coil to Your Project

Build. gradle

dependencies {
    implementation("io.coil-kt:coil-compose:2.4.0")
}

Basic Image Loading

Here is the simple code for loading images without any customizations

@Composable
fun SimpleImage() {
    AsyncImage(
        model = "https://example.com/image.jpg",  //Providing the url
        contentDescription = "Sample Image"       // content description
    )
}

Advantages
> Loads an image from the internet without extra setup
> Handles caching automatically
> Works seamlessly with Jetpack Compose

Customizing Image Loading:

Here we can modify the image size, scale, transformation, and handling

@Composable
fun CustomImage() {
    AsyncImage(
        model = ImageRequest.Builder(LocalContext.current)…