ImageLoader vs Android Universal Image Loader [closed]

Question

Has anyone had experience with a network image loader library for Android they can recommend? Specifically I saw these two in my research but am not sure if either is better or more widely used. Can anyone highlight the differences or pros/cons between the two?

https://github.com/novoda/ImageLoader

OR

https://github.com/nostra13/Android-Universal-Image-Loader

Bremser

NOSTRA, do you have any thoughts? One question I had was how to just get a bitmap or image data using the universal image loader when I don't have an ImageView.. for instances when I just want to cache an array of images outside of a UI for instance. – Bremser

You can use ImageLoader.loadImage(...) to get a Bitmap in callback. Try to read Readme. – Bladdernut

I did read the readme and tried using the loadImage method with a callback and I was getting an error. It was working fine when I did it on an activity but not when I was doing it on the Application class when it didn't have a UI context. I'll see if I can isolate the error for you. – Bremser