UIImage imageNamed: sometimes returns nil

Originator:jon513
Number:rdar://6121449 Date Originated:June 4, 2019
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:UIKit Product Version:
Classification: Reproducible:YES
 
-  have an image in the application bundle
 - in a background thread use imagedNamed: to access the image
 - background the app. 
expected:
 imageNamed should never return nil for images that are bundled with the app 
actual:
 sometimes it returns nil when access on a background thread when the app is backgrounded. Be aware - I am using the word "background" twice in two different contexts - it is not a mistake or confusion. 
Note: this does not seem to reproduce when using initWithContentsOfFile:
 this does not seem to reproduce when the images are stored in a asset catalog 
We talked to Tony from the foundation team about this at WWDC 2019

Comments

a sample project that demonstrates this bug can be found here: https://github.com/jon513/UIImageImageNamedBug

By jon513 at June 5, 2019, 7:12 p.m. (reply...)

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