Using Glide with Kotlin

Glide is the best image loading library for Android. On version 4, Glide received huge API changes that slightly changed how we can use it in our apps. To make it work with Kotlin, follow these steps:

1. Include the Glide dependencies, including the annotation processor:

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.4.0'
    kapt 'com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:4.4.0'
}

2. Include the kotlin-kapt plugin in your build.gradle file:

apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'

3. Create a AppGlideModule implementation:

import com.bumptech.glide.annotation.GlideModule
import com.bumptech.glide.module.AppGlideModule

@GlideModule
class AppGlideModule : AppGlideModule()

4. Build the project and then use the generated API:

GlideApp.with(this)
        .load(URL)
        .into(image)