From b3c78ea81a2040bdd9ea97ef87b479e5e28cca29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Werner <nicolas.werner@hotmail.de>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 21:56:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix animated images rendering offscreen for the first frame

---
 src/ui/MxcAnimatedImage.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ui/MxcAnimatedImage.cpp b/src/ui/MxcAnimatedImage.cpp
index ffe54c71..f536b39f 100644
--- a/src/ui/MxcAnimatedImage.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/MxcAnimatedImage.cpp
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ MxcAnimatedImage::updatePaintNode(QSGNode *oldNode, QQuickItem::UpdatePaintNodeD
     if (!imageDirty)
         return oldNode;
 
-    if (clipRect().isEmpty())
+    // If the image is offscreen, just return the old node (if it exists) to save on animation CPU
+    // use. Don't return null here, or you will never be called again.
+    if (clipRect().isEmpty() && oldNode)
         return oldNode;
 
     imageDirty      = false;