Beta album preview too fast with android reduce animations #6958

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opened 2026-02-05 12:40:23 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 7 comments
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Originally created by @athompson673 on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025).

I have searched the existing issues, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate report.

  • Yes

The bug

Forgive me if this issue is already known, but I'm not exactly sure what to call the album preview in order to search for other issues.

The preview animation at the top of albums using the beta timeline is way too fast, and needs to be default slower and possibly configurable. I've provided a screen recording as an example.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a992f767-1671-4213-80ec-4508eac31c3d

The OS that Immich Server is running on

Ubuntu 22.04

Version of Immich Server

1.139.2

Version of Immich Mobile App

1.139.2 build.3007

Platform with the issue

  • Server
  • Web
  • Mobile

Device make and model

Samsung S22

Your docker-compose.yml content

name: immich

services:
  immich-server:
    container_name: immich_server
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    extends:
      file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
      service: quicksync # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transc>
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit th>
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - '2283:2283'
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  immich-machine-learning:
    container_name: immich_machine_learning
    # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, rknn] to the image tag.
    # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://immich.app/docs/features/ml>
    #   file: hwaccel.ml.yml
    #   service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated infe>
    volumes:
      - model-cache:/cache
    env_file:
      - .env
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: docker.io/redis:6.2-alpine@sha256:148bb5411c184abd288d9aaed139c98123eeb8824c5d3fce03cf721db58066>
    healthcheck:
      test: redis-cli ping || exit 1
    restart: always

  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.3.0-pgvectors0.2.0
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums'
      # Uncomment the stored on SSDsE: 'HDD' var if your database isn't stored on SSDs
      DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD'
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit>
      - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: always

volumes:
  model-cache:

Your .env content

# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=./mounted_lib
# The location where your database files are stored
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres

# To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
TZ=Etc/EST

# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0"
IMMICH_VERSION=release

# Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password
# Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces
DB_PASSWORD=

# The values below this line do not need to be changed
###################################################################################
DB_USERNAME=
DB_DATABASE_NAME=

Reproduction steps

  1. enable beta timeline
  2. view an album

...

Relevant log output


Additional information

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Originally created by @athompson673 on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025). ### I have searched the existing issues, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate report. - [x] Yes ### The bug Forgive me if this issue is already known, but I'm not exactly sure what to call the album preview in order to search for other issues. The preview animation at the top of albums using the beta timeline is way too fast, and needs to be default slower and possibly configurable. I've provided a screen recording as an example. https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a992f767-1671-4213-80ec-4508eac31c3d ### The OS that Immich Server is running on Ubuntu 22.04 ### Version of Immich Server 1.139.2 ### Version of Immich Mobile App 1.139.2 build.3007 ### Platform with the issue - [ ] Server - [ ] Web - [x] Mobile ### Device make and model Samsung S22 ### Your docker-compose.yml content ```YAML name: immich services: immich-server: container_name: immich_server image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} extends: file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml service: quicksync # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transc> volumes: # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit th> - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro env_file: - .env ports: - '2283:2283' depends_on: - redis - database restart: always healthcheck: disable: false immich-machine-learning: container_name: immich_machine_learning # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, rknn] to the image tag. # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://immich.app/docs/features/ml> # file: hwaccel.ml.yml # service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated infe> volumes: - model-cache:/cache env_file: - .env restart: always healthcheck: disable: false redis: container_name: immich_redis image: docker.io/redis:6.2-alpine@sha256:148bb5411c184abd288d9aaed139c98123eeb8824c5d3fce03cf721db58066> healthcheck: test: redis-cli ping || exit 1 restart: always database: container_name: immich_postgres image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.3.0-pgvectors0.2.0 environment: POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD} POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME} POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME} POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums' # Uncomment the stored on SSDsE: 'HDD' var if your database isn't stored on SSDs DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' volumes: # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit> - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data restart: always volumes: model-cache: ``` ### Your .env content ```Shell # You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables # The location where your uploaded files are stored UPLOAD_LOCATION=./mounted_lib # The location where your database files are stored DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres # To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List TZ=Etc/EST # The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0" IMMICH_VERSION=release # Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password # Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces DB_PASSWORD= # The values below this line do not need to be changed ################################################################################### DB_USERNAME= DB_DATABASE_NAME= ``` ### Reproduction steps 1. enable beta timeline 2. view an album 3. ... ### Relevant log output ```shell ``` ### Additional information _No response_
OVERLORD added the 📱mobilemobile-beta labels 2026-02-05 12:40:23 +03:00
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@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025):

What the heck, it is by default 8 seconds or so. Can you share those samples in a zip file?

@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025): What the heck, it is by default 8 seconds or so. Can you share those samples in a zip file?
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@athompson673 commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025):

What the heck, it is by default 8 seconds or so. Can you share those samples in a zip file?

It happens with every album, not just the test images I made.

test-20250824_203540.zip

@athompson673 commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025): > What the heck, it is by default 8 seconds or so. Can you share those samples in a zip file? It happens with every album, not just the test images I made. [test-20250824_203540.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/21959736/test-20250824_203540.zip)
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@athompson673 commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025):

Just had a realization, and tested it real quick.. toggling reduce animations in android settings causes the issue. Kind-of ironic that reduce animations in this case caused more animation. I always have reduce animations turned on, and would prefer to keep it on. Is there a way to make it not depend on that?

@athompson673 commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025): Just had a realization, and tested it real quick.. toggling `reduce animations` in android settings causes the issue. Kind-of ironic that `reduce animations` in this case caused more animation. I always have `reduce animations` turned on, and would prefer to keep it on. Is there a way to make it not depend on that?
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@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025):

Good question, I will have to run some test

@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025): Good question, I will have to run some test
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@athompson673 commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025):

I've been messing around with some settings, and here's what I found out. I disabled the "reduce animations" toggle in accessibility, and played with the developer options: Window animation scale, Transition animation scale, and Animator duration scale. The one that seems to specifically impact the preview image is the Transition animation scale.

I'm sorry I can't really figure out more than that.. I have zero experience with mobile dev. I tried looking through the source, but it's all greek to me.

@athompson673 commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025): I've been messing around with some settings, and here's what I found out. I disabled the "reduce animations" toggle in accessibility, and played with the developer options: `Window animation scale`, `Transition animation scale`, and `Animator duration scale`. The one that seems to specifically impact the preview image is the `Transition animation scale`. I'm sorry I can't really figure out more than that.. I have zero experience with mobile dev. I tried looking through the source, but it's all greek to me.
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@mertalev commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025):

Can we detect whether this is enabled in the app? Maybe we should disable such animations if the user has this preference.

@mertalev commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2025): Can we detect whether this is enabled in the app? Maybe we should disable such animations if the user has this preference.
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@YarosMallorca commented on GitHub (Aug 26, 2025):

The issue is in the Flutter framework: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/164287

However, I already found a temporary workaround, will submit a PR soon.

@YarosMallorca commented on GitHub (Aug 26, 2025): The issue is in the Flutter framework: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/164287 However, I already found a temporary workaround, will submit a PR soon.
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Reference: immich-app/immich#6958