Question: how does the library handle EXIF with orientation?

Does it create a bitmap normally, and then rotates and/or flips it, which means it will use 2 bitmaps at some point (original+modified) ?

If so, do you know of a better solution? One that will decode the image into correct bitmap right away, using a single bitmap?

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. First inspect the library's EXIF-orientation handling and image-decoding path, then determine whether orientation is applied during decoding or afterward and whether a single-bitmap approach is supported or feasible.

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