Swift 4:一个简单的小图像加载器(例如:缩略图)，使用NSCache，总是运行在主线程上:

class ImageLoader {

  private static let cache = NSCache<NSString, NSData>()

  class func image(for url: URL, completionHandler: @escaping(_ image: UIImage?) -> ()) {

    DispatchQueue.global(qos: DispatchQoS.QoSClass.background).async {

      if let data = self.cache.object(forKey: url.absoluteString as NSString) {
        DispatchQueue.main.async { completionHandler(UIImage(data: data as Data)) }
        return
      }

      guard let data = NSData(contentsOf: url) else {
        DispatchQueue.main.async { completionHandler(nil) }
        return
      }

      self.cache.setObject(data, forKey: url.absoluteString as NSString)
      DispatchQueue.main.async { completionHandler(UIImage(data: data as Data)) }
    }
  }

}

用法:

ImageLoader.image(for: imageURL) { image in
  self.imageView.image = image
}

(Swift 4更新) 为了直接回答最初的问题，下面是发布的Objective-C代码片段的快速等效版本。

let url = URL(string: image.url)
let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url!) //make sure your image in this url does exist, otherwise unwrap in a if let check / try-catch
imageView.image = UIImage(data: data!)

免责声明:

需要注意的是，Data(contentsOf:)方法将在执行代码的同一线程中同步下载url的内容，因此不要在应用程序的主线程中调用此方法。

让相同的代码异步运行，而不阻塞UI的简单方法是使用GCD:

let url = URL(string: image.url)

DispatchQueue.global().async {
    let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url!) //make sure your image in this url does exist, otherwise unwrap in a if let check / try-catch
    DispatchQueue.main.async {
        imageView.image = UIImage(data: data!)
    }
}

也就是说，在现实生活中的应用程序中，如果您希望获得最佳的用户体验并避免同一映像的多次下载，您可能还希望不仅下载它们，而且缓存它们。已经有相当多的库可以无缝地做到这一点，而且它们都非常易于使用。我个人推荐翠鸟:

import Kingfisher

let url = URL(string: "url_of_your_image")
// this downloads the image asynchronously if it's not cached yet
imageView.kf.setImage(with: url) 

就是这样

Swift 4.1我创建了一个函数，只是传递图像url，图像生成后缓存键设置为完成块。

   class NetworkManager: NSObject {
  
  private var imageQueue = OperationQueue()
  private var imageCache = NSCache<AnyObject, AnyObject>()
  
  func downloadImageWithUrl(imageUrl: String, cacheKey: String, completionBlock: @escaping (_ image: UIImage?)-> Void) {
    
    let downloadedImage = imageCache.object(forKey: cacheKey as AnyObject)
    if let  _ = downloadedImage as? UIImage {
      completionBlock(downloadedImage as? UIImage)
    } else {
      let blockOperation = BlockOperation()
      blockOperation.addExecutionBlock({
        let url = URL(string: imageUrl)
        do {
          let data = try Data(contentsOf: url!)
          let newImage = UIImage(data: data)
          if newImage != nil {
            self.imageCache.setObject(newImage!, forKey: cacheKey as AnyObject)
            self.runOnMainThread {
              completionBlock(newImage)
            }
          } else {
            completionBlock(nil)
          }
        } catch {
          completionBlock(nil)
        }
      })
      self.imageQueue.addOperation(blockOperation)
      blockOperation.completionBlock = {
        print("Image downloaded \(cacheKey)")
      }
    }
  }
}
extension NetworkManager {
  fileprivate func runOnMainThread(block:@escaping ()->Void) {
    if Thread.isMainThread {
      block()
    } else {
      let mainQueue = OperationQueue.main
      mainQueue.addOperation({
        block()
      })
    }
  }
}

class Downloader {
    
    class func downloadImageWithURL(url: String) -> UIImage! {
        
        let date = NSData(contentsOf: URL(string: url)!)
        return UIImage(data: date! as Data)
    }
}

用法:

let img = Downloader.downloadImageWithURL(url: imageURL)
        self.imageView1.image = img

供你参考:对于swift-2.0 Xcode7.0 beta2

extension UIImageView {
    public func imageFromUrl(urlString: String) {
        if let url = NSURL(string: urlString) {
            let request = NSURLRequest(URL: url)
            NSURLConnection.sendAsynchronousRequest(request, queue: NSOperationQueue.mainQueue()) {
            (response: NSURLResponse?, data: NSData?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
                self.image = UIImage(data: data!)
            }
        }
    }
}

斯威夫特4

这个方法将从一个网站异步下载图像并缓存它:

    func getImageFromWeb(_ urlString: String, closure: @escaping (UIImage?) -> ()) {
        guard let url = URL(string: urlString) else {
return closure(nil)
        }
        let task = URLSession(configuration: .default).dataTask(with: url) { (data, response, error) in
            guard error == nil else {
                print("error: \(String(describing: error))")
                return closure(nil)
            }
            guard response != nil else {
                print("no response")
                return closure(nil)
            }
            guard data != nil else {
                print("no data")
                return closure(nil)
            }
            DispatchQueue.main.async {
                closure(UIImage(data: data!))
            }
        }; task.resume()
    }

在使用:

    getImageFromWeb("http://www.apple.com/euro/ios/ios8/a/generic/images/og.png") { (image) in
        if let image = image {
            let imageView = UIImageView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 200, height: 200))
            imageView.image = image
            self.view.addSubview(imageView)
        } // if you use an Else statement, it will be in background
    }