FFImageLoading was one of the greatest if not the best library for Xamarin. We loved it but to be honest, it was also pretty buggy. Especially on Android within listview or collectionview it would crash very often. Thats why there are 100s of open critical issues. Maui needs a stable and efficient image library if not the integrated in core, Svg usage is very important.
How does FFImageLoading handle animations? I'm experiencing animations Fail in .NET MAUI Release versions of Android 14 but animations work just fine in Debug versions of Android 14 using Visual Studio 2022. I'm switching from "" elements over to "" elements and I'm not detecting the IsAnimationPlaying="True" attribute on the "ffimageloading:CachedImage" element. I'm hoping animation works in Release mode on Android using this Library.
I have stopped using this package in my XF app because it is not maintained (which is a shame because of the provided functionality and how widely it is used) but mainly because it causes crashes in my app (there are many open issues). Unless this package is getting properly maintained I will thus not use the Maui port for the same reason. I would very much like it to be adopted by the Xamarin.Essentials community / team, it would be a good addition.
You might want to check the end of the video. This being adopted in the near future is highly unlikely. A couple of features might be taken in, but not until .NET 9 at the earliest.
Thanks for the suggestions on how to transition or how to start with another package. First! Gerald, are there any plans for something like UrhoSharp? I have an app made in xamarin using it, I'm lost where should I go. Grateful!
It seems that the Compat is a little different than the original FFImageLoading, I just tried it in a project that is an stilll unfinshed port of a Xamarin app and this line gave an error : ImageService.Instance.InvalidateMemoryCache(); 'Instance' doesn't exist that way. Removing the Compat version and installing the MmImageloading seems to fix that. So I think I will give the latter one a shot.
That’s good information! Yeah as mentioned: the minimum was done to make it work and mainly in some areas that were most needed by the projects we identified. Glad the MmImageLoading seems to work though! Hope that one will pick up some traction
@@jfversluis Yes, for now it seems enough. I use ffimageloading mainly for its performance, its support for svg, and transformations. Because svg are converted to png in MAUI, I think I don't need it as much. If performance is now enough with MAUI default Image component, I may remove ffImageLoading and stick to the default MAUI Image.
FFImageLoading was one of the greatest if not the best library for Xamarin. We loved it but to be honest, it was also pretty buggy. Especially on Android within listview or collectionview it would crash very often. Thats why there are 100s of open critical issues. Maui needs a stable and efficient image library if not the integrated in core, Svg usage is very important.
Thanks Gerald for another great and helpful video.
Do you have a general video tutorial for how to do the transition from Xamarin Forms to Maui?
How does FFImageLoading handle animations? I'm experiencing animations Fail in .NET MAUI Release versions of Android 14 but animations work just fine in Debug versions of Android 14 using Visual Studio 2022. I'm switching from "" elements over to "" elements and I'm not detecting the IsAnimationPlaying="True" attribute on the "ffimageloading:CachedImage" element. I'm hoping animation works in Release mode on Android using this Library.
I have stopped using this package in my XF app because it is not maintained (which is a shame because of the provided functionality and how widely it is used) but mainly because it causes crashes in my app (there are many open issues). Unless this package is getting properly maintained I will thus not use the Maui port for the same reason. I would very much like it to be adopted by the Xamarin.Essentials community / team, it would be a good addition.
You might want to check the end of the video. This being adopted in the near future is highly unlikely. A couple of features might be taken in, but not until .NET 9 at the earliest.
Can I use this package to work with urls that require authorization ? If not, is there any other possibility to do it i maui?
Thanks for the suggestions on how to transition or how to start with another package. First!
Gerald, are there any plans for something like UrhoSharp? I have an app made in xamarin using it, I'm lost where should I go. Grateful!
Not that I know of unfortunately
It seems that the Compat is a little different than the original FFImageLoading, I just tried it in a project that is an stilll unfinshed port of a Xamarin app and this line gave an error : ImageService.Instance.InvalidateMemoryCache(); 'Instance' doesn't exist that way. Removing the Compat version and installing the MmImageloading seems to fix that. So I think I will give the latter one a shot.
That’s good information! Yeah as mentioned: the minimum was done to make it work and mainly in some areas that were most needed by the projects we identified. Glad the MmImageLoading seems to work though! Hope that one will pick up some traction
It's an excellent library, but unfortunately it's crashing when used in a NavigationPage. It's only working in shell. :(
Oh that's interesting! Did you check out the MmImageLoading? Does that one work?
MmImageLoading is not maintained anymore 😢
What is the MAUI best practice to handle svg when not using the ffimageloading library ?
There is the FFImageLoading.Compat library now. Not for long term usage, but might be good enough for now?
@@jfversluis Yes, for now it seems enough. I use ffimageloading mainly for its performance, its support for svg, and transformations. Because svg are converted to png in MAUI, I think I don't need it as much. If performance is now enough with MAUI default Image component, I may remove ffImageLoading and stick to the default MAUI Image.
Does it works with SVG URI source well?
I think it should, yes
Наконец. Ждал это видео!!!
Here it is now! Hope it's helpful!
Thanks Gerald, your link for the code sounds like is broken, please advise :)
Oops it was still private! Fixed thanks!
Very nice 👌
Thank you!