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PhotoPickerActivity is not visible on the screen (i.e. completely unseen on the screen to user), yet it appears in screenshots

  • /e/OS version: e-3.3-a15-20251212556482-community-violet
  • Device model(s): Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro (violet)
  • Impacted Application: /e/OS Settings
  • Affected application/URL: All the apps calling system inbuilt activity: com.android.providers.media.module/com.android.providers.media.photopicker.PhotoPickerActivity
  • Browser/client and version:

The problem

PhotoPickerActivity is not visible on the screen (i.e. completely unseen on the screen to user), yet it appears in screenshots

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Settings app -> System -> Users

  2. Click "You Owner" under the Users text

  3. Click the default account picture icon under the User info text

  4. In "Choose a picture" page, click the gallery icon next to the camera icon

  5. The UI keeps spinning, yet the photo-picker dialog remains unseen on screen; hit the screenshot combo and it shows up in the capture picture.

    • Screenshot:

    Screenshot_20251231-113656_Media picker.png

    • Users see actually:

    IMG_20251231_113635.jpg

Technical details

Paste any relevant logs (adb logcat) in the codeblock below if you have any

e_os_violet_202512311158.log

Edited by Astoritin Ambrosius