What is Glide?

Glide is a fast and efficient open source media management and image loading framework for Android that wraps media decoding, memory and disk caching, and resource pooling into a simple and easy to use interface. Glide supports fetching, decoding, and displaying video stills, images, and animated GIFs. Glide typically handles image loading from network URLs but can also load local images. It focuses on smooth scrolling and is commonly used in `RecyclerView` and `ListView` adapters to display lists of images efficiently. It's known for its automatic memory management and image caching capabilities.