You can use this code by this strategy Picasso will look for images in cache and if it failed only then image will be downloaded over network.
Picasso.with(context)
.load(Uri.parse(getItem(position).getStoryBigThumbUrl()))
.networkPolicy(NetworkPolicy.OFFLINE)
.into(holder.storyBigThumb, new Callback() {
@Override
public void onSuccess() {
}
@Override
public void onError() {
// Try again online if cache failed
Picasso.with(context)
.load(Uri.parse(getItem(position)
.getStoryBigThumbUrl()))
.placeholder(R.drawable.user_placeholder)
.error(R.drawable.user_placeholder_error)
.into(holder.storyBigThumb);
}
});