heic not showing as preview

[aquatic7]

• [ x] I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates
• [x ] I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended
• [ x] I have read https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/wiki/Submitting-useful-bug-reports
• [x ] This isn't a feature request or a discussion topic

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Bug description

When sending and receiving image files to and from contacts I do not see the image when it is in .heic format. Other image types render correctly. Same apply to Desktop version.

Steps to reproduce

• On android phone, select heic file from gallery
• Send with signal to another android contact

Actual result: Image preview is not rendered inline. Downloading the image and viewing it in another app works fine.
Expected result: Image is shown in chat

Device info

Device: Samsung Galaxy S10
Android version: 10
Signal version: 4.55.8

Same issue noted for IOS: signalapp/Signal-iOS#4374

[awaitlink]

This should be closed as 4712833 was merged?

[stale]

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs.