Glide not loading real image and stuck with placeholder

Question

I have a pretty basic load image from server line code:

Glide.with(view.getContext()).load(url).placeholder(R.drawable.default_profile).into(view);

Answer 1

Below is a weird fix that worked for me.

The following always fails for me (12 trials) - I never see the real image:

Glide.with(context)
 .load(url)
 .asBitmap()
 .into(new SimpleTarget(iconWidth, iconHeight) { ... }

The following always succeeds for me (12 trials) - I always see the real image:

Glide.with(context)
 .load(url)
 .asBitmap()
 .listener(new RequestListener() {
    public boolean onException(Exception e,Object o,Target t,boolean b)
               {return false;}
    public boolean onResourceReady(Object o,Object p,Target t,boolean b,boolean c)  
               {return false;}})
 .into(new SimpleTarget(iconWidth, iconHeight) { ... }

As you can see, the only difference here is that I added a listener. Makes little sense, but these trials were done pretty carefully, so I'm going with it.