Loading images using picasso on a slow connection

Question

I am using Picasso to load images for a listview. The problem is internet connection is slow. How can I change load timeout time in Picasso?

My code is :

Picasso.with(context)
.load(MainActivity.WEBSITE + book_item.Image)
.resize(final_thumb_width, final_thumb_height)
.into(new PicassoTarget(book_item,item.img, item.title));

@hanaa I don't think code is necessary here. – Nathan Walters Aug 11 '14 at 12:43 — Nathan Walters, Aug 11 '14 at 12:43
Set Connection Time out for HttpUrlConnection – Piyush Aug 11 '14 at 12:44 — Piyush, Aug 11 '14 at 12:44
@PiYusHGuPtA But how I change HttpUrlConnection of Picasso? – AVEbrahimi Aug 11 '14 at 12:54 — AVEbrahimi, Aug 11 '14 at 12:54

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '14 at 00:41

You could possibly try something like this in your MainActivity's onCreate (or whereever you want to create the Picasso Builder

    Picasso picasso;
    OkHttpClient okHttpClient;

    okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient();
    okHttpClient.setConnectTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

    picasso = new Picasso.Builder(this)
            .downloader(new OkHttpDownloader(okHttpClient))
            .build();

That should give Picasso a timeout of ten seconds. Configure it to your needs.

Full Disclosure: I don't use a timeout. I just noticed this in the API. This may be completely wrong lol.

Since Picasso 2.5.0 OkHttpDownloader class has been changed, assuming you are using OkHttp3 (and so picasso2-okhttp3-downloader), so you have to do something like this: — Mostafa Imani, Jan 10 '21 at 06:41

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 11 '14 at 16:51

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You have two options:

Subclass a Downloader class. Check this for reference implementation
Preconfigure OkHttpClient with timeouts and pass it to Picasso

answered Aug 11 '14 at 16:51

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given link is dead. – Rohit Bandil Jan 19 '17 at 11:23

Loading images using picasso on a slow connection

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