Hybrid Android - Chat - Black preview image of attachment until tapping on the screen

[lanitochka17]

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Version Number: 9.0.52-1 Reproducible in staging?: Y Reproducible in production?: Y If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: N If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:N/A Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Open the Expensify app
2. Open any chat
3. Tap on the "+" icon
4. Tap on "Add attachment"
5. Select any image
6. Verify a preview of the image can be seen before sending it to chat

Expected Result:

A preview of the chosen image, should be displayed before sending it to chat

Actual Result:

Preview of the chosen image is displayed black until tapping on the screen and making the image appear

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• [ ] Android: Standalone
• [x] Android: HybridApp
• [ ] Android: mWeb Chrome
• [ ] iOS: Standalone
• [ ] iOS: HybridApp
• [ ] iOS: mWeb Safari
• [ ] MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• [ ] MacOS: Desktop

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[melvin-bot[bot]]

Triggered auto assignment to @Christinadobrzyn (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

[lanitochka17]

@Christinadobrzyn FYI I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors