**[Bug]: All images fail to load on Allwinner-based Android devices (HY320) since Glide → Coil migration**

[beng1z]

Steps to reproduce

Steps to reproduce

1. Install latest stable or pre-release Cloudstream on an Allwinner H713-based Android TV device (e.g. HY320 projector)
2. Add any extension/repository
3. Open home screen

Expected behavior

Images should load normally, as they did in versions prior to the Glide → Coil migration (PR #1368, merged Oct 26, 2024).

Actual behavior

No images load at all — not posters, not extension icons, not thumbnails. Every image slot shows the placeholder.

Cloudstream version and commit hash

4.7.0-PRE

Android version

Android 13

Logcat

Other details

Diagnosis performed

• Network is not the issue: curl successfully downloads TMDB images from the device (HTTP 200, full payload received)
• DNS is not the issue: ping image.tmdb.org resolves correctly to BunnyCDN (0% packet loss, ~72ms)
• TLS/certificates are not the issue: 130 CA certs present, curl completes HTTPS handshake without errors
• Storage is not the issue: 2 GB free on 8 GB internal storage
• Clean install does not fix it: Full uninstall + reinstall, tested on both stable and pre-release
• Other devices on the same network work fine with the same Cloudstream version
• Images worked ~1 year ago on the same device, before the Coil migration

Root cause hypothesis

Coil's image decoding (likely hardware bitmap allocation or GPU-backed rendering) is incompatible with the Allwinner H713 GPU/display driver stack. Glide handled this gracefully; Coil does not. The device's AOSP WebView (v101.0.4951.61) and limited GPU drivers may lack support for features Coil assumes are available.

Confirmed: Extension icons load correctly on v4.4.0 (Glide-based). Same icons fail to load on latest stable/pre-release (Coil-based) on the same device, same network.

Device information

• Device: HY320 Android TV Projector (Magcubic/Sinoy)
• SoC: Allwinner H713
• RAM: 2 GB
• Storage: 8 GB
• OS: Android 11 (unlicensed/AOSP-based, no Google certification)
• WebView: AOSP WebView 101.0.4951.61
• GMS: Present (com.google.android.gms)
• Architecture: armeabi-v7a

Cloudstream version

Tested on latest stable and latest pre-release — both affected.

Possible fix directions

• Add a fallback to software bitmap decoding when hardware bitmap allocation fails
• Add allowHardware(false) to Coil's ImageLoader builder for devices that report Allwinner GPU
• Or provide a user-facing toggle to disable hardware bitmaps in Settings

Acknowledgements

• I am sure my issue is related to the app and NOT some extension.
• I have searched the existing issues and this is a new ticket, NOT a duplicate or related to another open issue.
• I have written a short but informative title.
• I have updated the app to pre-release version Latest.
• I will fill out all of the requested information in this form.

[IndusAryan]

Coil is a go to for modern apps, Unfortunately your device is too old and uncertified or is missing something at low level. The problem is we can not emulate same environment for testing any potential fix. I will update If I find something.