How can I change the image displayed in a UIImageView programmatically?

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I have an IBOutlet to a UIImageView, but when I look at the UIImageView doc, I can't see any hints about programmatically changing it. Do I have to fetch an UIImage object from that UIImageView?

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If you have an IBOutlet to a UIImageView already, then all you have to do is grab an image and call setImage on the receiver (UIImageView). Two examples of grabbing an image are below. One from the Web, and one you add to your Resources folder in Xcode.

UIImage *image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/2915896504_a88b69c9de.jpg"]]];

or

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed: @"cell.png"];

Once you have an Image you can then set UIImageView:

[imageView setImage:image];

The line above assumes imageView is your IBOutlet.

That's it! If you want to get fancy you can add the image to an UIView and then add transitions.

P.S. Memory management not included.

user_798560

Following Jordan's advice (which should work actually), try to set the UIImageView to be visible: 

 [imageView setHidden: NO];

and also - don't forget to attach it to the main UIView: 

[mainView addSubview: imageView];

and to bring to the front: 

[mainView bringSubviewToFront: imageView];

Hope combining all these steps will help you solve the mystery.

user_90900

Working with Swift 5 (XCode 10.3) it's just

yourImageView.image = UIImage(named: "nameOfTheImage")
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