Use OkHttp with UIL

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java

@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ private ImageLoaderConfiguration getImageLoaderConfigurations(final int memoryCa
         return new ImageLoaderConfiguration.Builder(this)
                 .memoryCache(new LRULimitedMemoryCache(memoryCacheSizeMb * 1024 * 1024))
                 .diskCacheSize(diskCacheSizeMb * 1024 * 1024)
+                .imageDownloader(new ImageDownloader(getApplicationContext()))
                 .build();
     }
 

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ReCaptchaException;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -98,6 +99,18 @@ public String download(String siteUrl, String language) throws IOException, ReCa
      */
     @Override
     public String download(String siteUrl, Map<String, String> customProperties) throws IOException, ReCaptchaException {
+        return getBody(siteUrl, customProperties).string();
+    }
+
+    public InputStream stream(String siteUrl) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            return getBody(siteUrl, Collections.emptyMap()).byteStream();
+        } catch (ReCaptchaException e) {
+            throw new IOException(e.getMessage(), e.getCause());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private ResponseBody getBody(String siteUrl, Map<String, String> customProperties) throws IOException, ReCaptchaException {
         final Request.Builder requestBuilder = new Request.Builder()
                 .method("GET", null).url(siteUrl)
                 .addHeader("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);
@@ -123,7 +136,7 @@ public String download(String siteUrl, Map<String, String> customProperties) thr
             return null;
         }
 
-        return body.string();
+        return body;
     }
 
     /**

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ImageDownloader.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.schabi.newpipe;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+
+import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.download.BaseImageDownloader;
+
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.NewPipe;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+public class ImageDownloader extends BaseImageDownloader {
+    public ImageDownloader(Context context) {
+        super(context);
+    }
+
+    public ImageDownloader(Context context, int connectTimeout, int readTimeout) {
+        super(context, connectTimeout, readTimeout);
+    }
+
+    protected InputStream getStreamFromNetwork(String imageUri, Object extra) throws IOException {
+        Downloader downloader = (Downloader) NewPipe.getDownloader();
+        return downloader.stream(imageUri);
+    }
+}