Updated example project to include async image loading with updated internals using NSURLSession.

Examples/Programmatic/MaterialLayer/MaterialLayer/Info.plist

@@ -42,5 +42,20 @@
 		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
 		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
 	</array>
+	<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
+	<dict>
+		<key>NSExceptionDomains</key>
+		<dict>
+		<key>cosmicmind.io</key>
+			<dict>
+				<key>NSIncludesSubdomains</key>
+				<true/>
+				<key>NSTemporaryExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
+				<true/>
+				<key>NSTemporaryExceptionMinimumTLSVersion</key>
+				<string>TLSv1.1</string>
+			</dict>
+		</dict>
+	</dict>
 </dict>
 </plist>

Examples/Programmatic/MaterialLayer/MaterialLayer/ViewController.swift

@@ -60,10 +60,17 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController {
 	*/
 	private func prepareGeneralMaterialLayerExample() {
 		let materialLayer: MaterialLayer = MaterialLayer(frame: CGRectMake(132, 132, 150, 150))
-		materialLayer.image = UIImage(named: "CosmicMindAppIcon")
 		materialLayer.shape = .Circle
 		materialLayer.depth = .Depth2
 		
+		UIImage.contentsOfURL(NSURL(string: "http://www.cosmicmind.io/CosmicMind.png")!) { (image: UIImage?, error: NSError?) in
+			if let v: UIImage = image {
+				materialLayer.image = v
+			} else {
+				materialLayer.image = UIImage(named: "CosmicMindAppIcon")
+			}
+		}
+		
 		// Add materialLayer to UIViewController.
 		view.layer.addSublayer(materialLayer)
 		

Sources/Material+UIImage+Network.swift

@@ -32,16 +32,20 @@ import UIKit
 
 public extension UIImage {
 	/**
-		:name:	contentsOfURL
+	Asynchronously load images with a completion block.
+	- Parameter URL: A URL destination to fetch the image from.
+	- Parameter completion: A completion block that is executed once the image
+	has been retrieved.
 	*/
 	public class func contentsOfURL(URL: NSURL, completion: ((image: UIImage?, error: NSError?) -> Void)) {
-		let request: NSURLRequest = NSURLRequest(URL: URL)
-		NSURLConnection.sendAsynchronousRequest(request, queue: NSOperationQueue.mainQueue()) { (response: NSURLResponse?, data: NSData?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
-			if let v: NSError = error {
-				completion(image: nil, error: v)
-			} else if let v: NSData = data {
-				completion(image: UIImage(data: v), error: nil)
+		NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithRequest(NSURLRequest(URL: URL)) { (data: NSData?, response: NSURLResponse?, error: NSError?) in
+			dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) {
+				if let v: NSError = error {
+					completion(image: nil, error: v)
+				} else if let v: NSData = data {
+					completion(image: UIImage(data: v), error: nil)
+				}
 			}
-		}
+		}.resume()
 	}
-}
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+}

Sources/Material+UIImage.swift

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 import UIKit
 
-public enum ContentImageFormatType {
+public enum ImageFormatType {
 	case PNG
 	case JPEG
 }
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