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" [email protected] 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")));

[davroux]

I still have the same problem, I am using Picasso to load every pictures. The dimension of my picture is 300x300.

I have CircleImageView and Picasso update to the lastest version.

P.S : Used in an RecyclerView Adapter.

[testride2013]

public class CircleImageView extends ImageView {

private static final ScaleType SCALE_TYPE = ScaleType.CENTER_CROP;

private static final Bitmap.Config BITMAP_CONFIG = Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888;
private static final int COLORDRAWABLE_DIMENSION = 2;

private static final int DEFAULT_BORDER_WIDTH = 0;
private static final int DEFAULT_BORDER_COLOR = Color.BLACK;
private static final boolean DEFAULT_BORDER_OVERLAY = false;

private final RectF mDrawableRect = new RectF();
private final RectF mBorderRect = new RectF();

private final Matrix mShaderMatrix = new Matrix();
private final Paint mBitmapPaint = new Paint();
private final Paint mBorderPaint = new Paint();

private int mBorderColor = DEFAULT_BORDER_COLOR;
private int mBorderWidth = DEFAULT_BORDER_WIDTH;

private Bitmap mBitmap;
private BitmapShader mBitmapShader;
private int mBitmapWidth;
private int mBitmapHeight;

private float mDrawableRadius;
private float mBorderRadius;

private ColorFilter mColorFilter;

private boolean mReady;
private boolean mSetupPending;
private boolean mBorderOverlay;

public CircleImageView(Context context) {
    super(context);

    init();
}

public CircleImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    this(context, attrs, 0);
}

public CircleImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
    super(context, attrs, defStyle);

    TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs,
            R.styleable.CircleImageView, defStyle, 0);

    mBorderWidth = a.getDimensionPixelSize(
            R.styleable.CircleImageView_border_width, DEFAULT_BORDER_WIDTH);
    mBorderColor = a.getColor(R.styleable.CircleImageView_border_color,
            DEFAULT_BORDER_COLOR);
    mBorderOverlay = a.getBoolean(
            R.styleable.CircleImageView_border_overlay,
            DEFAULT_BORDER_OVERLAY);

    a.recycle();

    init();
}

private void init() {
    super.setScaleType(SCALE_TYPE);
    mReady = true;

    if (mSetupPending) {
        setup();
        mSetupPending = false;
    }
}

@Override
public ScaleType getScaleType() {
    return SCALE_TYPE;
}

@Override
public void setScaleType(ScaleType scaleType) {
    if (scaleType != SCALE_TYPE) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
                "ScaleType %s not supported.", scaleType));
    }
}

@Override
public void setAdjustViewBounds(boolean adjustViewBounds) {
    if (adjustViewBounds) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                "adjustViewBounds not supported.");
    }
}

@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
    if (getDrawable() == null) {
        return;
    }

    canvas.drawCircle(getWidth() / 2, getHeight() / 2, mDrawableRadius,
            mBitmapPaint);
    if (mBorderWidth != 0) {
        canvas.drawCircle(getWidth() / 2, getHeight() / 2, mBorderRadius,
                mBorderPaint);
    }
}

@Override
protected void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) {
    super.onSizeChanged(w, h, oldw, oldh);
    setup();
}

public int getBorderColor() {
    return mBorderColor;
}

public void setBorderColor(int borderColor) {
    if (borderColor == mBorderColor) {
        return;
    }

    mBorderColor = borderColor;
    mBorderPaint.setColor(mBorderColor);
    invalidate();
}

public void setBorderColorResource(@ColorRes int borderColorRes) {
    setBorderColor(getContext().getResources().getColor(borderColorRes));
}

public int getBorderWidth() {
    return mBorderWidth;
}

public void setBorderWidth(int borderWidth) {
    if (borderWidth == mBorderWidth) {
        return;
    }

    mBorderWidth = borderWidth;
    setup();
}

public boolean isBorderOverlay() {
    return mBorderOverlay;
}

public void setBorderOverlay(boolean borderOverlay) {
    if (borderOverlay == mBorderOverlay) {
        return;
    }

    mBorderOverlay = borderOverlay;
    setup();
}

@Override
public void setImageBitmap(Bitmap bm) {
    super.setImageBitmap(bm);
    mBitmap = bm;
    setup();
}

@Override
public void setImageDrawable(Drawable drawable) {
    super.setImageDrawable(drawable);
    mBitmap = getBitmapFromDrawable(drawable);
    setup();
}

@Override
public void setImageResource(@DrawableRes int resId) {
    super.setImageResource(resId);
    mBitmap = getBitmapFromDrawable(getDrawable());
    setup();
}

@Override
public void setImageURI(Uri uri) {
    super.setImageURI(uri);
    mBitmap = getBitmapFromDrawable(getDrawable());
    setup();
}

@Override
public void setColorFilter(ColorFilter cf) {
    if (cf == mColorFilter) {
        return;
    }

    mColorFilter = cf;
    mBitmapPaint.setColorFilter(mColorFilter);
    invalidate();
}

private Bitmap getBitmapFromDrawable(Drawable drawable) {
    if (drawable == null) {
        return null;
    }

    if (drawable instanceof BitmapDrawable) {
        return ((BitmapDrawable) drawable).getBitmap();
    }

    try {
        Bitmap bitmap;

        if (drawable instanceof ColorDrawable) {
            bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(COLORDRAWABLE_DIMENSION,
                    COLORDRAWABLE_DIMENSION, BITMAP_CONFIG);
        } else {
            bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(),
                    drawable.getIntrinsicHeight(), BITMAP_CONFIG);
        }

        Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
        drawable.setBounds(0, 0, canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight());
        drawable.draw(canvas);
        return bitmap;
    } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
        return null;
    }
}

private void setup() {
    if (!mReady) {
        mSetupPending = true;
        return;
    }

    if (mBitmap == null) {
        return;
    }

    mBitmapShader = new BitmapShader(mBitmap, Shader.TileMode.CLAMP,
            Shader.TileMode.CLAMP);

    mBitmapPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
    mBitmapPaint.setShader(mBitmapShader);

    mBorderPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
    mBorderPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
    mBorderPaint.setColor(mBorderColor);
    mBorderPaint.setStrokeWidth(mBorderWidth);

    mBitmapHeight = mBitmap.getHeight();
    mBitmapWidth = mBitmap.getWidth();

    mBorderRect.set(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
    mBorderRadius = Math.min((mBorderRect.height() - mBorderWidth) / 2,
            (mBorderRect.width() - mBorderWidth) / 2);

    mDrawableRect.set(mBorderRect);
    if (!mBorderOverlay) {
        mDrawableRect.inset(mBorderWidth, mBorderWidth);
    }
    mDrawableRadius = Math.min(mDrawableRect.height() / 2,
            mDrawableRect.width() / 2);

    updateShaderMatrix();
    invalidate();
}

private void updateShaderMatrix() {
    float scale;
    float dx = 0;
    float dy = 0;

    mShaderMatrix.set(null);

    if (mBitmapWidth * mDrawableRect.height() > mDrawableRect.width()
            * mBitmapHeight) {
        scale = mDrawableRect.height() / (float) mBitmapHeight;
        dx = (mDrawableRect.width() - mBitmapWidth * scale) * 0.5f;
    } else {
        scale = mDrawableRect.width() / (float) mBitmapWidth;
        dy = (mDrawableRect.height() - mBitmapHeight * scale) * 0.5f;
    }

    mShaderMatrix.setScale(scale, scale);
    mShaderMatrix.postTranslate((int) (dx + 0.5f) + mDrawableRect.left,
            (int) (dy + 0.5f) + mDrawableRect.top);

    mBitmapShader.setLocalMatrix(mShaderMatrix);
}

}

[michelelacorte]

Same problem, does anyone know how to fix??
I use versions 2.0.0 and images 300x300px

[afarber]

I have same problem with

compile 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:1.3.0'

on HTC One, Android 5.0.2:

I set the image by:

    mPhotoImageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.photo);

or in the layout file:

       <de.hdodenhof.circleimageview.CircleImageView
            android:id="@+id/photo"
            android:layout_width="96dp"
            android:layout_height="96dp"
            android:src="@drawable/photo"
            app:border_width="2dp"
            app:border_color="#FFF"
            />

The xhdpi file photo.png is 17 Kbyte and 240x240:

[F0RIS]

Got this at 5.1.1 in listview :(
image size 177х158

People, how you deal with this bug? What you mean when saying "scale to fit". Give me a sample please!

[soulawaker]

I think I found a solution in lollipop.

myView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);

This disable hardware acceleration.

You can use this to circleimageview's parent view, profile_img_container.

Don't use this to circleimageview directly. It willl show you black outer circle.

<LinearLayout
  android:id="@+id/profile_img_container"
  android:orientation="horizontal"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:gravity="center"
  android:paddingTop="20dp"
  android:paddingBottom="20dp"
  android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
  app:layout_collapseMode="parallax">

          <de.hdodenhof.circleimageview.CircleImageView
             xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
             android:id="@+id/profile_image"
             android:layout_width="96dp"
             android:layout_height="96dp"
             android:src="@drawable/profile002"
             android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
             app:civ_border_width="1dp"
             app:civ_border_color="#44000000"
             android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
             app:layout_collapseMode="parallax"/>

</LinearLayout>

[F0RIS]

@soulawaker
Fuck yeah))) Finally working solution!!!!! Thank you so much!!
Why enybody didn't wrote this before :(i am already wrote my own simple custom circle view, and it would be pity don't use it.

[soulawaker]

I'm happy to hear that. Good luck to you, Anton. :)
2015. 11. 18. 오후 11:02에 "Anton" [email protected]님이 작성:

@soulawaker https://github.com/soulawaker
Fuck yeah))) Finally working solution!!!!! Thank you so much!!
Why enybody didn't wrote this before :(i am already wrote my own simple
custom circle view, and it would be pity don't use it.

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[sanjaymanvani]

myView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);

awesome solutions , this is working in my lollipop code ,

Thanks a lot

[walalm]

Solution:

Wrap the CircleImageView with a layout LinearLayout or FrameLayout, set the LAYER TYPE propperty to software. That's all.

[ashishjohn1908]

Use setLayerType (int layerType, Paint paint)
Refer : http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setLayerType(int, android.graphics.Paint) for more details

[xuie0000]

谢谢！ android:layerType="software"

[santhoshadugani]

Hi All,
Facing the same problem.
If i add this android:layerType to the view in the xml itself. Is that works.
Thank you.

[lxinghe]

android:layerType="software" works perfectly

[afarber]

Could you guys stop replying about android:layerType="software" or setLayerType（View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE，NULL)?

Because that would be just a workaround, which costs your app performance.

[hdodenhof]

@afarber is right, using software rendering is just a workaround which can have significant performance implications.

After some research it seems there are some bitmap decoding issues on a couples devices, e.g. Moto X. To pin this down please provide the following if you are still having this issue:

1. Device and Android-Version
2. Image resolution (px) and CircleImageView size (dp)
3. The way you load the image (relevant code extract)
4. Any logcat entries with skia or SkImageDecoder in them

[afarber]

I had this on Moto G generation 2, but don't have that device right now.

[suresh1295]

Hi all,
While using layertype = "software" I m getting the black border in my imageview. anybody resolved this problem??

[Zhuinden]

@suresh1295 I also set the background on my image view and that made it work.

[Souch007]

android:layerType="software"
it worked for me (Y)

[santhoshadugani]

set container layerType = "hardware", and
set ImageView layerType = "software".
It works and imageview container to be Linearlayout and Relative layout.

[zplesac]

Can someone open a PR with this fix? So that we can get it included in next release?

[hdodenhof]

Using android:layerType="software" is not a fix but a workaround which can have significant performance implications. More information is needed for a proper fix, see my earlier comment.

[sagarrishabh]

One thing I noticed is that, this situation only occur when we try to load images from resources. I'm developing a music player and extracted all the artwork in one place. It works fine with that extracted artwork but when I put the same images in the drawable folder it fails to load.

[ibitly]

In Android5: it works for: myView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);

[sagarrishabh]

but that's not a proper solution to this because this will display a very low resolution image.

[MarcusStuhr]

I had this issue come up due to the use of shrinkResources true in my Gradle file. The images I use are all placed in the Drawable folders.

In Android Studio at least, I turned off shrinkResources, uninstalled the app, and did Build->Clean Project, then re-built/re-installed/re-ran and the images returned.

However, I did try the following which allowed the images to stay viewable when using shrinkResources true -- create the file /res/raw/keep.xml with the contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
           tools:keep="@drawable/*" />

For further reading: https://developer.android.com/studio/build/shrink-code.html

[whimaggot]

Perhaps i have found why this happened ,if you have this problem, check your codes ,and make sure the bitmap that you are using has not been recycled.

[Zhuinden]

@whimaggot it wasn't, only setting container of image view to software rendering worked for me

[sagarrishabh]

@Zhuinden how you were loading the image? Glide or something else?

[Zhuinden]

Glide of course

[sagarrishabh]

did you use .dontAnimate() on glide while loading image? I too faced this issue, but somehow it got fixed. I don't exactly remember the solution correctly. Using software rendering will result in the low-quality image.

[strooooke]

@Zhuinden Use glide with circle transformation instead of this library; and if the same problem exists there, please report the affected device to bumptech/glide#738

Edit: it's just

• use an ImageView instead of CircleImageView
• and using Glide4, do the load with

GlideApp.with(appropriateContext)
    .load(whatever)
       ... whatever else options ...
    .circleCrop()
       ... maybe more options ...
    .into(targetImageView);

[Zhuinden]

Layer type software on the container works for me, I've been using that with success

I don't have the capacity to test the alternative at this time but thanks

[vageeesh]

wow!! image_container.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null); works fine even for Kitkat
thank you.

[shubham10divakar]

use glide with drawables and custom transformations.This worked perfectly for me.
Glide.with(this).load(R.drawable.raspberrypi2).bitmapTransform(new CircleTransform(this)).into(raspberry);
raspberrypi2 is the image inside drawable folder.
CircleTransform is the java file that does the circular image tranformation.
It works like a charm.

[Fyb3roptik]

The workaround here works, but only the first time. If I move away from the screen and go back, then it has a black bg again. How is this still an issue 3 years later?!

[837466568]

I also encountered such a problem, when using circleimageview to display local images, sometimes the images will not show all, half of the picture is half black, sometimes there is a part of black at the bottom, the situation is random.