How to set an image URL as error placeholder on Coil in Jetpack Compose

Question

Coil accepts a drawable resource as an error placeholder. Is there a way to use an image URL here instead?

Here is the code I am working on:

// Global variables
var currentlySelectedImageUri = mutableStateOf<Uri?>(null)
var previousImageUri: Uri? = null

// @Composable fun() {...
Image(
    painter = rememberImagePainter(
    if (currentlySelectedImageUri.value != null) { // use the currently selected image
        currentlySelectedImageUri.value
    } else {
        if (previousImageUri != null) { // use the previously selected image
            previousImageUri
        } else {
            R.drawable.blank_profile_picture // use the placeholder image
        }
    }, builder = {
        placeholder(R.drawable.blank_profile_picture)
        error(R.drawable.blank_profile_picture) // FIXME: Set the previously selected image
    }),
    contentDescription = "profile image",
    contentScale = ContentScale.Crop,
    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth()
)

Answer 1

In Coil 2.0.0 both AsyncImage and rememberAsyncImagePainter have error parameter that takes any other painter:

AsyncImage(
    model = imageURL,
    contentDescription = null,
    error = painterResource(R.drawable.error)
)

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Coil 1.4.0 version:

You can check painter.state value.

Initially it's ImagePainter.State.Empty, while image is loading it's ImagePainter.State.Loading, and if it failed - it becomes ImagePainter.State.Error. At this point you can change coil url, as an example, using local remember variable:

val localImagePainterUrl = remember { mutableStateOf<Uri?>(null) }
val painter = rememberImagePainter(
    data = localImagePainterUrl.value
        ?: currentlySelectedImageUri.value
        ?: previousImageUri
        ?: R.drawable.blank_profile_picture,
    builder = {
        placeholder(R.drawable.blank_profile_picture)
    })
val isError = painter.state is ImagePainter.State.Error
LaunchedEffect(isError) {
    if (isError) {
        localImagePainterUrl.value = previousImageUri
    }
}

Image(
    painter = painter,
    ...
)

Answer 2

There is a function inside coil ImageRequest Builder class

  fun placeholder(@DrawableRes drawableResId: Int) = apply {
      this.placeholderResId = drawableResId
      this.placeholderDrawable = null
  }

Usage:

Image(
        painter = rememberImagePainter(
            data = url,
            builder = {
                placeholder(R.drawable.your_placeholder_drawable) // or bitmap
            }
        )
    )

UPDATE:

Also use: com.google.accompanist.placeholder

Dependency gradle: com.google.accompanist:accompanist-placeholder:accompanist_version

// accompanist_version = 0.19.0

Modifier.placeholder(
        visible =  true/false,
        color = color,
        highlight = PlaceholderHighlight.shimmer(color),
        shape = imageShape // RectangleShape)