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Scrolling recyclerView which contains MapView keeps showing blacks screens over the activity.

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, java
Domain
mobile

Research direction

Start by reproducing the black screen with a MapView inside a RecyclerView on Android API 29 using the listed Mapbox plugin versions. Compare the scrolling behavior shown in the supplied videos; done means the activity remains visible without black screens while scrolling.

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Description

I'm using a MapView in a vecyclerView, but I'm getting a strange behavior.
When scrolling the recyclerView, the MapView shows a black screen over the activity.

I have already set : Mapbox.getInstance(context, getString(R.string.mapbow_access_token));
Before: setContentView(R.layout.activity_home);

Android API: 29
Mapbox Navigation SDK version:
implementation 'com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-plugin-places-v9:0.12.0'
implementation 'com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-plugin-annotation-v9:0.8.0'

Expected behavior

The problem is with your map library because when I use another mapping library like google-maps-android-api-2, everything works fine as you can Look at that video:
https://youtu.be/y20aw5BAmTo

Actual behavior

The problem happened when I use your mapBox library, please Look at that other video:
https://youtu.be/p4WPyNfT034

What shall I do to remove the blacks screens over the activity ?

How to solve that issue ?

Thanks for you great library.

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