Work around a startup stall caused by expo-image on low-end Android #1801
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Filed Expo bug: expo/expo#25201 |
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There seems to be an issue in
expo-imagethat blocks the UI thread on startup on low-end Android. As a result, we get stuck on the splash screen for 5 extra seconds if even one of those is rendered. As a temporary fix, let's render the startup-blocking images (own avatars in the drawer and the tabbar) as plain RNImage.This lets us hide the splash ~4.5 seconds earlier. The final time to content seems to only improve by ~2.5s, but that's harder to measure reliably because it's network-bound. (We should optimize the load time too though.)
The proper fix is to get this reported to Expo and see if it can be fixed upstream. Maybe it's something like expo/expo#21921.
(The measurements are taken with bluesky-social/atproto#1790 patched in since it was another cause of the slowdown.)
Before
Time to end of splash: 8s
Time to content: 13s
before.mov
After
Time to end of splash: ~3.5s
Time to content: ~10.5s
after.mov
Test Plan
Verified both the drawer and the tab bar render my avatar fine on iOS, Android, and web.