HEIC Images not rotated based on Exif info

[LikeTheSalad]

Glide Version:
4.11.0

Integration libraries:
None

Device/Android Version:
Android emulator API 28

Issue details / Repro steps / Use case background:
Loading local HEIC image which has a rotation param of 90 degrees.
Expected: The image is automatically rotated before displaying it.
Actual: Rotation is not done.

Glide load line / GlideModule (if any) / list Adapter code (if any):

Glide.with(Context)
    .asBitmap()
    .load(File(imagePath))
    .format(DecodeFormat.PREFER_RGB_565)
    .fitCenter()
    .into(ImageView)

Possible solution
I think I know the reason for this issue to happen, it's the version Glide uses of the Android's Jetpack Exif Interface lib: https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/exifinterface, which is currently 1.0.0, which has an issue to retrieve the proper HEIC images rotation info. If you guys update it to use the latest 1.2.0 version, it should be sorted :)

Regards,
Cesar.

[sjudd]

Thanks for the detailed report and suggested fix!

I think as a workaround you might be able to require v1.2.0 of that library in your application. That should force gradle to use the newer version.