MineLittlePony/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/client/SkinsProxy.java

package com.minelittlepony.client;

import com.minelittlepony.client.pony.Pony;
import com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile;
import com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.MinecraftProfileTexture;
import net.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient;
import net.minecraft.client.texture.PlayerSkinProvider;
import net.minecraft.util.Identifier;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

public class SkinsProxy {

    public static SkinsProxy instance = new SkinsProxy();

    @Nullable
    public Identifier getSkinTexture(GameProfile profile) {
        PlayerSkinProvider skins = MinecraftClient.getInstance().getSkinProvider();

        MinecraftProfileTexture texture = skins.getTextures(profile).get(MinecraftProfileTexture.Type.SKIN);
        Identifier loc = skins.loadSkin(texture, MinecraftProfileTexture.Type.SKIN);

        if (Pony.getBufferedImage(loc) != null) {
            return loc;
        }
        return null;
    }

    public void parseSkins() {
        // TODO probably doesn't work without hdskins installed.
        // Find a way to re-parse skins without help of hdskins
    }
}