Android - ImageView not showing on certain phones

Question

The ImageView doesn't seem to be showing for older phones. It shows up fine on my S6 Edge and HTC M9. However when I try it on a S3 or HTC M7 the ImageView doesn't appear.

I tried creating an AVD using a 4.7" screen and versions 5.0.2 but the image is showing up fine on the emulator so I'm not sure what it could be. The reason I went with 4.7" and 5.0.2 is because the S3 and M7 were around those specs.

I've got the image in the drawables folder, with 5 different versions (hdpi, mdpi, xhdpi, xxhdpi & xxxhdpi. My XML is as below:

<ImageView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:src="@drawable/logo"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
    android:id="@+id/splashImage"/>

Does anyone have any ideas as to why the ImageView is not appearing on those phones but it is appearing on the emulators with similar specs and newer phones?

Maybe it's an issue with the hardware acceleration. You can try calling `setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null)` on the view. — Johann Bauer, Dec 22 '16 at 11:54

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '16 at 13:29

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Set following line of code in AndroidManifest.xml file in the Application tag.

                  android:hardwareAccelerated="false"

answered Dec 22 '16 at 13:29

Patrick R

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Thanks, the logo is now appearing as expected! I've got a similar issue which is the colour of the Progress Bar is not changing on older versions of android, could this hardware acceleration also be causing a problem with that as well? – Rafiq07 Dec 28 '16 at 17:29
It does not cause any problem in changing colour of the Progress Bar on older versions of android – Patrick R Dec 30 '16 at 05:08

Android - ImageView not showing on certain phones

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