Load image to a tableView from URL iphone sdk

You can use GCD to load images in background thread, like this:

//get a dispatch queue
dispatch_queue_t concurrentQueue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0);
    //this will start the image loading in bg
    dispatch_async(concurrentQueue, ^{        
        NSData *image = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:imageURL];

        //this will set the image when loading is finished
        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
            imageView.image = [UIImage imageWithData:image];
        });
    });

Hi. But you probably need to add a dispatch_release(concurrentQueue); to be sure no leak. – Franck Aug 25 at 19:43