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CGContextDrawImage consumes a lot of memory, often leading to crash.

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Description

CGContextDrawImage consumes a lot of memory, often leading to crash.it is recommended to consider a new set of decoding library.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the memory growth around CGContextDrawImage while loading animated GIFs and measure when the crash occurs. The issue mentions considering a new decoding library, but names no files, tests, or target memory behavior, so completion criteria need to be established before implementation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
objective-c
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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