24 Loopers, Handlers, and HandlerThread
Now that you have downloaded and parsed JSON from Flickr, your next task is to download and display images. In this chapter, you will learn how to use Looper, Handler, and HandlerThread to dynamically download and display photos in PhotoGallery.
Preparing RecyclerView to Display Images
The current PhotoHolder in PhotoGalleryFragment simply provides TextViews for the RecyclerView’s GridLayoutManager to display. Each TextView displays the caption of a GalleryItem.
To display photos, update PhotoHolder to provide ImageViews instead. Eventually, each ImageView will display a photo downloaded from the mUrl of a GalleryItem.
Start by creating a new layout file for your gallery items called ...
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