title: IOS - Downloading Images From Parse.com Backend
body: <p>orI have an app that is consistently downloading large images from a parse back-end.  In android you can download the images as streams using their URI's and set a specific dimension size to the bitmap that I want to download.  Usually this is done using the BitmapFactory libraries and allows me to download a bitmap that's of a scaled down size, saving my app from long loading times. Is there an equivalency to this method on the IOS platform?  This is what I am currently doing, but when I download 15 full sized images I get a large amount of load time:</p>
  
  <pre><code>//where photoQuery is a Parse.com database query that returns the photo as the first object
  PFObject *photoObject = [photoQuery getFirstObject];
  PFFile *photoFile = (PFFile *)[photoObject objectForKey:@"fullSizedImage"];
  
  UIImage *fullImage = [UIImage imageWithData:photoFile.getData];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Does IOS support something similar to BitmapFactory or this common android design pattern?</p>