Thread by @mattleibow

Hey @internet, @PureWeen and even @davidortinau! How are #XamarinForms things? Does there exist a feature/library that does a "placeholder" image loading? For example, let's say I have a 2MB image on the web and a 10KB image. I would want to load the quick one first... 1/4

This is not if it fails or something, but more the fact that when the app starts, it has a bunch of blank spots. If the internet is not playing nice, it may take 20 seconds to load. But I know I can either generate or load a "thumbnail" much faster and get a better UX... 2/4

I know I can do a load of the image via VM logic, but this might bypass the image caching or something that exists in forms. I know I can also create a fancy new control, but I am thinking what I really want to do is make a new ImageSource type that does all this for me... 3/4

I'm thinking like this:

<Image>
<Image.ImgSrc>
<NewImgSrc Actual="{Binding Actual}" Placeholder="logo.png" />
<Image.ImgSrc>
</Image>

I was hoping to just create a new image source type, but there's no way to "hook into" the infrastructure so say reload me... 4/4

And, just for the record, I know there is a way to do this if I create my own image handler, but this will be good for a cross-platform feature... 4(b)/4

Oh wait... maybe I am dumb...

Is this the bits for it?

- OnLoadingStarted
- OnLoadingCompleted
- OnSourceChanged

I must try!