Xamarin.forms: [Bug] Image control fails to load image from URI on Andriod

[chad-ramos]

Description

• <image> is not loading image from URI on Android
• The issue first happened post VS 16.3.x update on 9/24/19
• Possibly related #7248
  
  
  
  • Shows closed but if related, a regression might have happened.
  
  

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new Forms project
2. Add an image

<StackLayout>
    <Image Source="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Galactic_Radiation_and_Background_satellite_%28square_crop%29.jpg/150px-Galactic_Radiation_and_Background_satellite_%28square_crop%29.jpg"
           HeightRequest="300" />
</StackLayout>

1. Deploy to emulator or device

Expected Behavior

• Image to display on the screen as it does in iOS and as it did post VS 16.3.x update

Actual Behavior

• The image does not display on screen for Android
• The application continues without interruption
• Debug shows an error.

Basic Information

• Version with issue:
  
  
  
  • 4.2.0.778463
  
  
• Last known good version:
  
  
  
  • 4.2.0.778463
  
  
  • Broke post VS 16.3.x update
  
  
• IDE:
  
  
  
  • VS 2019 16.3.1
  
  
• Platform Target Frameworks:
  
  
  
  • Android:
  
  
  • 8.1 or 9.0
  
  
• Affected Devices:
  
  
  
  • All emulators and hardware
  
  

Screenshots

[PureWeen]

This has been fixed on 4.2.0.815419

[FetFrumos]

I use 4.2.0.815419 and have same issue:

ImageLoaderSourceHandler: Could not retrieve image or image data was invalid: myurl
Could not load image named: {0}: delete
but this url open in browser

[ddo88]

i upgrade to the version the version 4.2.0.815419
but still have the problem

[PureWeen]

https://github.com/xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/issues/7751#issuecomment-537156355

[chad-ramos]

@FetFrumos @ddo88 For reference, I upgraded to 4.2.0.815419 and it resolved my issues.

[ddo88]

I'm sorry, if it worked, I just had to remove the emulator application and deploy again.

thanks