fix android

src/view/com/util/post-embeds/VideoEmbed.tsx

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 
 import {clamp} from '#/lib/numbers'
 import {useGate} from '#/lib/statsig/statsig'
-import {isAndroid, isIOS} from 'platform/detection'
 import {VideoEmbedInnerNative} from '#/view/com/util/post-embeds/VideoEmbedInner/VideoEmbedInnerNative'
 import {atoms as a} from '#/alf'
 import {Button} from '#/components/Button'
@@ -148,22 +147,23 @@ function InnerWrapper({embed}: Props) {
           setIsFullscreen={setIsFullscreen}
         />
       ) : null}
-      {(isAndroid && showOverlay) || isIOS ? (
       <ImageBackground
         source={{uri: embed.thumbnail}}
-          contentFit="cover"
-          alt={embed.alt}
         accessibilityIgnoresInvertColors
         style={[
           {
             position: 'absolute',
             top: 0,
-              bottom: 0,
             left: 0,
             right: 0,
+            bottom: 0,
+            backgroundColor: 'transparent', // If you don't add `backgroundColor` to the styles here,
+            // the play button won't show up on the first render on android 🥴😮‍💨
             display: showOverlay ? 'flex' : 'none',
           },
-          ]}>
+        ]}
+        cachePolicy="memory-disk" // Preferring memory cache helps to avoid flicker when re-displaying on android
+      >
         <Button
           style={[a.flex_1, a.align_center, a.justify_center]}
           onPress={() => {
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ function InnerWrapper({embed}: Props) {
               style={[
                 a.rounded_full,
                 a.p_xs,
-                  a.absolute,
+                a.align_center,
-                  {top: 'auto', left: 'auto'},
+                a.justify_center,
                 {backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.5)'},
               ]}>
               <Loader size="2xl" style={{color: 'white'}} />
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ function InnerWrapper({embed}: Props) {
           )}
         </Button>
       </ImageBackground>
-      ) : null}
     </VisibilityView>
   )
 }