//get a dispatch queuedispatch_queue_t concurrentQueue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,0);//this will start the image loading in bg
dispatch_async(concurrentQueue,^{NSData*image =[[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:imageURL];//this will set the image when loading is finished
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(),^{
imageView.image =[UIImage imageWithData:image];});});
But you probably need to add a dispatch_release(concurrentQueue); to be sure no leak.
//get a dispatch queuedispatch_queue_t concurrentQueue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0); //this will start the image loading in bg dispatch_async(concurrentQueu