Flutter NetworkImage takes too long to load - flutter

Question

So i'm trying to load close to a thousand gifs on Inkwell widgets with a Hero child in a boxdecoration imagenetwork, i want to understand the best practice to handle this, as it takes long times to load, i want it to load by the first one to appear, whether it's normal or by filtering, so how do flutter devs handle this ?
So how do i support slow internet users by deciding which NetworkImage to load first
InkWell(
onTap: (){
Navigator.push(context, MaterialPageRoute(builder:(context)=>GifDetail(
gifs: gifs,
)));
},
child: Hero(
tag: gifs.url,
child: Card(
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceEvenly,
children: <Widget>[
Container(
height: 110,
width: 110,
decoration: BoxDecoration(
image: DecorationImage(image: NetworkImage(gifs.url))
),
),
],
),
),
),
),

Answer 1

You could try using Cached_network_image package. It will still take the same time to load images initially but then the images are retained on the device so will load a lot quicker the next time. There is really no way of getting around the initial download of the image.
Loading via a ListView.builder or GridView.builder will only load the images in the initial view until you scroll, so should also help.