URLImage Never Loads Image in Widget App for SwiftUI

[wiredag]

Summary and/or background Simple code for an iOS Widget, I have verified the meme is loaded with the meme.url value from an earlier HTTP request. I've also checked printing the url text on it's own and that works too, but I can't load the image with the URLImage package. I've tried on the widget and the contentview as well and no results. Any ideas?

meme.url is a URL type which is an optional.

URLImage: https://github.com/dmytro-anokhin/url-image

NOTE: To be more specific, the placeholder does appear, not the image from the url though.

OS and what device you are using

• OS: OSX
• Device or simulator iOS 14 Iphone X

Version of URLImage library The version of the library where the bug happens.

• [x] The bug is reproducible in the latest version.

What you expected would happen Image is shown in widget

What actually happens Placeholder is shown

Sample code

import SwiftUI
import URLImage

struct MemeView: View {
    let meme: MemeModel

    var body: some View {
        URLImage(meme.url!, placeholder: Image(systemName: "square"))
    }
}

Test data If you use public resource provide URLs of the images. Here is an example url: https://i.redd.it/zey35zvw4gq51.jpg

Additional information:

• [ ] Screenshots or video demonstrating a bug;
• [ ] Crash log;

[wiredag]

Wanted to add that the problem is the call is happening Asynchronously and Widgets can't handle that. I found a workaround without URLImage in case you are interested:

`struct MemeView: View { var meme: MemeModel

var body: some View {
    Group {
        if let url = meme.url!, let imageData = try? Data(contentsOf: url),
       let uiImage = UIImage(data: imageData) {

       Image(uiImage: uiImage)
         .resizable()
         .aspectRatio(contentMode: .fill)
      }
      else {
       Image("placeholder-image")
      }
    }

}`

[dmytro-anokhin]

Hey,

you right, the image won't load because WidgetKit is synchronous. Here is related topic on Apple forum: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/652581

Currently I'm working on the next version that will have a way to download images separately from a view. This will allow using URLImage with WidgetKit. You can see progress here: #86

[ChopsKingsland]

I know I'm late to the party, however, does this work now?

I'm having trouble manually loading images outside of the view, so am looking for a library to help