Image replacement is not respected during tns run android

[vchimev]

If an existing image in the app folder (outside App_Resources) is replaced during tns run android, the application on the device does not get updated with the new image. However, if the application is restarted, the new image is shown. The same scenario works for iOS.

Version of CLI, runtimes and tns-core-modules packages: 3.1.0.

Steps:

• tns create appJS && appJS
• mkdir app/img/ - make a img directory in the app folder
• add an image to the app/img folder
• refer the image in the main-page.xml, for example: <Image src="~/img/icon.png" />
• tne run android
• replace the image

Expected: the application page refreshes and the new image shows.
Actual: the application page refreshes, but the new image does not show. The old one is still on the page.

[Plamen5kov]

On the cli and runtime side everything looks ok. Runtime has livesynced the new image into the application, and calls the livesync hook as it should. That leads me to believe the nativescript modules can't recognize that the icon.png has changed. ping: @PanayotCankov @vakrilov

[hshristov]

@vchimev, @Plamen5kov We are using memory and disk cache on the Image component. That is why changing the file won't change the currently shown image.

There are several options:

• Invalidate the whole cache on a livesync operation
• Disable cache for specific Image instance

[Plamen5kov]

My vote goes toward Disable cache for specific Image instance.

[vchimev]

Disable cache for specific Image instance sounds better to me.
@hshristov, what do you think would be the best?