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Recyclerview loses images when it 'recycles'

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
28/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, java

Research direction

Start by reproducing the blank eateries while rapidly scrolling the RecyclerView, then inspect the image-loading and binding path. Consider the issue's mentioned RecyclerView.ViewCacheExtension() entry point and verify that recycled rows consistently display their images without unnecessary refetching.

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Description

Priority: Medium Starter Task Type: Enhancement

When scrolling fast a bunch of blank eateries are visible as it takes some time for the images to load in. Few things we can look into for here, caching images will probably help the load time so we don't have to refetch the URL each time we load the image (don't know if this happens or not), or look into RecyclerView.ViewCacheExtension() built-in method

Dominant language
Java
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Forks
2
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