Image not loading with fragment integration

[ensozos]

Images are not getting loaded on Android 5.1.1 when you integrate Compose and fragments (inflate the XML layout using AndroidViewBinding). You can reproduce the issue on the Jetsnack sample app by adding a CoilImage on the ConversationContent (or in any other composable). CoilImage works fine for Android > 5.1

[chrisbanes]

Some questions:

What device are you finding this on? What url/image are attempting to load?

[ensozos]

We've tested this on 2 old devices, Xiaomi Redmi 3 and ZTE Nubia Z11 Max.
We tried several URL/images such as "https://source.unsplash.com/pGM4sjt_BdQ" (from Jetsnack sample) or load from the asset folder. Also, we found out that the images are getting loaded correctly when the main activity is restarted (pressing the home button and open via recent).

[chrisbanes]

Just ran out tests and sample app on API 21-24 emulators and everything is working as expected. I don't have those devices so there's not much else I can do to help unfortunately.

Is anything coming up in logcat?

[ensozos]

No, we are not getting errors in logcat. The image state is ImageLoadState.Success, but it isn't displayed on the screen. We have also found that the images are displayed if you add a ScrollableRow with CoilImages and scroll or click the row. I believe that this has something to do with the Focus or the Recomposer, not directly with the Coil library.

[chrisbanes]

Are you using fadeIn = true? Maybe it's an animation bug (try turning it off if so).

Does the following work?

CoilImage(...) { imageState ->
    when (imageState) {
        is ImageLoadState.Success -> {
            Image(painter = imageState.painter)
        }
        else -> Unit
    }
}

[ensozos]

Are you using fadeIn = true?

We do not use fadeIn or any other animation on the app.

Does the following work?

It does not work. The only way to make this work is if remove the AndroidViewBinding(ContentMainBinding::inflate) (remove fragment integration) and call the Composables from the MainActivity.

[chrisbanes]

Sounds like a bug to me then on AndroidViewBinding. Raise a bug on the tracker?

I'll close this for now, since I don't think there's anything actionable for this library.