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+# Android WebP Image Loading Sample
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+This sample app demonstrates different aspects of working with WebP Image format on Android and allows comparing image quality and load times between PNG/JPG and WebP.
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+It is meant as a companion to the **[Optimizing Android App Size By Leveraging the WebP Image Format](https://medium.com/@domen.lanisnik/optimizing-android-app-size-by-leveraging-the-webp-image-format-87189f8c7603)** blog post.
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+Included are the following functionalities:
+ - Compare image quality and file size differences between original PNG image, losslessly converted WebP image and lossy converted WebP image
+ - Compare image quality and file size differences between JPG and converted WebP images
+   - Supports zooming images to view more details
+ - View how to load WebP images in Compose from a URL using Coil or Glide
+ - Benchmark image loading times between JPG and WebP image 
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+The project contains all the PNG, JPG and WebP images. WebP images were converted from the original 100% quality PNG and JPG image. JPG images with different quality were compressed using [ImageMagick](https://imagemagick.org/index.php).
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+You can download the source code and build the app yourself or download the prepared APK file.
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+**Previews**
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+<p float="left">
+  <img src="/previews/preview1_intro.png" width="19%" />
+  <img src="/previews/preview2_png.png" width="19%" /> 
+  <img src="/previews/preview3_jpg.png" width="19%" />
+  <img src="/previews/preview4_jpg.png" width="19%" />
+  <img src="/previews/preview5_remote.png" width="19%" />
+  <img src="/previews/preview6_benchmark.png" width="19%" />
+  <img src="/previews/preview7_benchmark.png" width="19%" />
+</p>