tweaked NewsAdapter to avoid image blink at first fragment entry

app/src/main/java/fr/forum_thalie/tsumugi/Values.kt

 const val noConnectionValue = "—"
 const val streamDownValue = "Tsumugi est HS !" // we don't want this value to be displaed in the "last played" screen.
 val weekdaysArray : Array<String> = arrayOf( "Lundi", "Mardi", "Mercredi", "Jeudi", "Vendredi", "Samedi", "Dimanche")
-
+const val newsDateTimePattern = "EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"
+const val newsDisplayDatePattern = "dd MMM yyyy"
 // Below this line is only automatically programmed values. Unless your week does not start with Monday, you don't need to change this.
 
 val weekdays = ArrayList<String>().apply { weekdaysArray.forEach { add(it) } }

app/src/main/java/fr/forum_thalie/tsumugi/ui/news/NewsAdapter.kt

 import androidx.core.widget.TextViewCompat
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
 import fr.forum_thalie.tsumugi.R
+import fr.forum_thalie.tsumugi.newsDisplayDatePattern
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.io.InputStream
 import java.net.URL
 
 }
 
-class NewsAdapter(private val dataSet: ArrayList<News>, private val c: Context
+class NewsAdapter(private val dataSet: ArrayList<News>, private val c: Context, private val vm: NewsViewModel
     /*,
     context: Context,
     resource: Int,
 
         header.text = HtmlCompat.fromHtml(dataSet[position].header, HtmlCompat.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY).replace(Regex("\n"), " ")
         author.text = "| ${dataSet[position].author}"
-        val sdf = SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy", Locale.getDefault())
+        val sdf = SimpleDateFormat(newsDisplayDatePattern, Locale.getDefault())
         date.text = sdf.format(dataSet[position].date)
         TextViewCompat.setAutoSizeTextTypeWithDefaults(author, TextViewCompat.AUTO_SIZE_TEXT_TYPE_UNIFORM)
 
-        val spanned = HtmlCompat.fromHtml(
-            dataSet[position].text,
-            HtmlCompat.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY,
-            ImageGetter { source ->
-                val d = LevelListDrawable()
-                val empty: Drawable? = ContextCompat.getDrawable(c, R.drawable.exo_icon_play)
-
-                d.addLevel(0, 0, empty!!)
-                d.setBounds(0, 0, empty.intrinsicWidth, empty.intrinsicHeight)
-                ImageGetterAsyncTask(c, source, d).execute(text)
-                d
-            }, null
-        )
+        val spanned = // the trick is to avoid loading images when the adapter is called with preloading.
+            if (vm.isPreLoadingNews) {
+                HtmlCompat.fromHtml(
+                    dataSet[position].text,
+                    HtmlCompat.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY)
+            } else {
+                HtmlCompat.fromHtml(
+                    dataSet[position].text,
+                    HtmlCompat.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY,
+                    ImageGetter { source ->
+                        val d = LevelListDrawable()
+                        /*
+                        val empty: Drawable? = ContextCompat.getDrawable(c, R.drawable.exo_icon_play)
+                        d.addLevel(0, 0, empty!!)
+                        d.setBounds(0, 0, empty.intrinsicWidth, empty.intrinsicHeight)
+                         */
+                        ImageGetterAsyncTask(c, source, d).execute(text)
+                        d
+                    }, null
+                )
+            }
+
+
+
         text.text = spanned
         text.movementMethod = LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()
     }

app/src/main/java/fr/forum_thalie/tsumugi/ui/news/NewsFragment.kt

         newsViewModel.root = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_news, container, false) as SwipeRefreshLayout
 
         viewManager = LinearLayoutManager(context)
-        viewAdapter = NewsAdapter(newsViewModel.newsArray, context!!)
+        viewAdapter = NewsAdapter(newsViewModel.newsArray, context!!, newsViewModel)
         recyclerView = newsViewModel.root.findViewById<RecyclerView>(R.id.news_recycler).apply {
             // use this setting to improve performance if you know that changes
             // in content do not change the layout size of the RecyclerView
         newsViewModel =
             ViewModelProviders.of(this).get(NewsViewModel::class.java)
 
-        newsViewModel.fetch(c = context!!)
+        newsViewModel.fetch(c = context!!, isPreloading = true)
         Log.d(tag, "news fetched onCreate")
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
     }

app/src/main/java/fr/forum_thalie/tsumugi/ui/news/NewsViewModel.kt

 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
 import com.prof.rssparser.Parser
-import fr.forum_thalie.tsumugi.Async
 import fr.forum_thalie.tsumugi.R
+import fr.forum_thalie.tsumugi.newsDateTimePattern
 import fr.forum_thalie.tsumugi.tag
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
-import org.json.JSONArray
-import org.json.JSONObject
-import java.net.URL
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 import java.util.*
 import kotlin.collections.ArrayList
     lateinit var root: View
     var webView: WebView? = null
     var webViewNews: WebViewNews? = null
+    var isPreLoadingNews = false
 
     val newsArray : ArrayList<News> = ArrayList()
     var isWebViewLoaded = false
     private val viewModelJob = Job()
     private val coroutineScope = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Main + viewModelJob)
 
-    fun fetch(root: androidx.swiperefreshlayout.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout? = null, viewAdapter: RecyclerView.Adapter<*>? = null, c: Context)
+    fun fetch(root: androidx.swiperefreshlayout.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout? = null, viewAdapter: RecyclerView.Adapter<*>? = null, c: Context, isPreloading: Boolean = false)
     {
         val urlToScrape = c.getString(R.string.rss_url)
         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT)
                     news.text = item.content ?: ""
                     news.header = item.description ?: ""
 
-                    val formatter6 = SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z", Locale.ENGLISH)
+                    val formatter6 = SimpleDateFormat(newsDateTimePattern, Locale.ENGLISH)
                     val dateString = item.pubDate.toString()
-                    Log.d(tag, "$news --- ${dateString}")
+                    Log.d(tag, "$news --- $dateString")
 
                     news.date = formatter6.parse(dateString) ?: Date(0)
 
                 }
                 // The list contains all article's data. For example you can use it for your adapter.
                 root?.isRefreshing = false
+                isPreLoadingNews = isPreloading
                 viewAdapter?.notifyDataSetChanged()
             }catch (e: Exception)
             {