Swift code to manual load an image view with a URL (spoiler alert we'll replace this with the Kingfisher pod)

manualImageViewLoad.swift

func load(imageView: UIImageView, from url: String) {
  if let imgUrl = URL(string: url) {
    DispatchQueue.global().async { // Download in the background
      do {
        let data = try Data(contentsOf: imgUrl)
        DispatchQueue.main.async { // Then update on main thread
          imageView.image = UIImage(data: data)
        }
      } catch {
        print("Error downloading image: \(error)")
      }
    }
  }
}