Hi, this may be more of a coil question, but has anyone noticed that static gifs (not animated) don’...

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[Neil]

Hi, this may be more of a coil question, but has anyone noticed that static gifs (not animated) don’t load with the coil image loader? This only seems to be for API > 28, lower than this and the image loads . I’ve tried using the imageLoader for gifs as well as shown here: https://coil-kt.github.io/coil/gifs/ and get the same results.

An example static gif can be found here:

https://d30v2pzvrfyzpo.cloudfront.net/uk/images/restaurants/106512.gif▾

[Tijs Gobbens]

Did you add https://coil-kt.github.io/coil/gifs/

[Tijs Gobbens]

val imageLoader = ImageLoader.Builder(context)
    .componentRegistry {
        if (SDK_INT >= 28) {
            add(ImageDecoderDecoder(context))
        } else {
            add(GifDecoder())
        }
    }
    .build()

[Neil]

@Tijs Gobbens Thanks for the reply. Yes I tried that. An animated gif I found on the web worked, but the static gif I included above did not show any image for API > 28.

[Tijs Gobbens]

just tried that image in an emulator, it did render correct:( could it be device specific issue?

[Neil]

It will work for devices with API < 28 but not above, could I ask what version of android your emulator was running?

[Neil]

I’ve tried it on several devices and emulators running different versions of android it seems that below API 28 the static gif will load, but above this it will not.

[Tijs Gobbens]

i’ve tried on a emulatir pixel3a API 30 and real pixel 3a api 31

[Neil]

ok thanks, maybe something I’ve done? Not sure what?

[Neil]

Added a Debug logger to coil and figured it out it’s down to the fact that the URL is http and not secure: CLEARTEXT communication not permitted by network security policy

[Neil]

Which applies to devices with API > 28

[Neil]

without the logging it fails silently