Problems with Lollipop - black image

[zplesac]

Hi,

I'm facing a quite interesting problem on Android Lollipop - if I set Bitmap to CircleImageView with setImageBitmap() method, it just shows black image:

Image is selected from Gallery app, and I can view it in debug mode (bitmap is not corrupted).

Everything is working OK with default ImageView:

This behaviour is random - some images are working correctly, some are not, and it occurs only on Android Lollipop.

Do you have any suggestions? I've checked app logs, everything is working OK - no OutOfMemory exceptions or something similar.

[karllindmark]

Hi @zplesac!

Any specific format, dimensions or other things that seem more prone to
fail? I know you hinted at the problem being random, but I'm guessing you
can reproduce it with the same images?
On Jan 5, 2015 4:31 PM, "zplesac" notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi,

I'm facing a quite interesting problem on Android Lollipop - if I set
Bitmap to CircleImageView with setImageBitmap() method, it just shows black
image:
[image: monosnap 2015-01-05 16-19-32]
https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/3542084/5614966/aac92fb8-94f6-11e4-9651-fbf276d8e876.png

Image is selected from Gallery app, and I can view it in debug mode
(bitmap is not corrupted).

Everything is working OK with default ImageView:
[image: monosnap 2015-01-05 16-23-12]
https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/3542084/5615006/2a6d5eb0-94f7-11e4-8808-1da44110194f.png

This behaviour is random - some images are working correctly, some are
not, and it occurs only on Android Lollipop.

Do you have any suggestions? I've checked app logs, everything is working
OK - no OutOfMemory exceptions or something similar.

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[zplesac]

Hi @karllindmark,

I've investigated further, and it seems that problem is occurring only on high-res pictures (i.e. 2448 x 3264 - highest resolution on Nexus 4). If I downgrade camera resolution and quality, everything is working OK.

[hdodenhof]

Interesting! I'll try to reproduce the issue and look into it.

[eshkoliGilad]

I also have almost the same problem.
I do get to see the image in the Circle Imageview but a black square is apperaing behind it.
Not on every photo and sometimes it appear and sometimes not.

Works perfect on Android version lower than Lollipop.
My device is also Nexus 4.

Thanks.

[kishanraval]

I also have same problem.
when building with api level 21 circle imageview with high resolution png images tends to black out with universal image loader as well as picasso.

Same image works when app is build with api level below lollipop.
Thanks.

[hdodenhof]

I have still no idea why that happens, but I agree that it seems to be connected to the high resolution. I'll stay on it.

As a quick workaround you could just scale down the Bitmap before passing it to the CircleImageView - or better only load a scaled down version of the Bitmap into memory in the first place.

[zplesac]

Agreed, that could be quick & dirty solution.

[msaad99]

anyone found a proper solution for this problem?

[hdodenhof]

I haven't look into this any more. But I again strongly suggest to only load a scaled-to-fit Bitmap into memory - this not only helps with the problem but is also important for preserving memory.

[15100103]

The scaled down version doesn't look so good on nexus 6. I tried that. But its workable so I guess I'll just stick with that.

[hdodenhof]

@15100103 What's are the dimensions of your image and the CircleImageView?

[gubaojian]

i have the same problem， on android 5.0

[accikum]

Oh, yes I find the The solution, you can open the 'hardwareAccelerated' on android 5.0.

[testride2013]

The Solution is here my friends: I have same problem : and I Find solution.

Solution:
Set image following way if you are selecting image form gallery or camera.
Do not use any library to set image or display image. use native way to display image.
Thirdparty lib raise this problem... try it you can get solution. :)

Like image_profile.setImageURI(Uri.fromFile(new File("Your image local file path")));