Problem

Whenever I am reading a OL book in the (official, Internet Archive) Open Library Android app, it will not reliably load subsequent pages. I will be stuck at an empty page and the next pages will not load no matter how long I wait. As a workaround I've found that if I switch to the multi-page view (the "4 pages" icon at the bottom) the missing pages will load. I believe this mostly happens when the internet connection is less than ideal. In bad conditions I will get stuck after maybe five pages, in better conditions only a few time per book. But it does happen with every book (and only in the app). It feels as if in the single-page view the app tries exactly once to load the next page and then, after a too-short timeout, doesn't try again.

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Reproducing the bug

1. Try to read book in Android app, single-page view

• Expected behavior: When I scroll to next page, that page should load (or preferrably, already have been pre-loaded).
• Actual behavior: Next page stays empty, as do the following pages, and will show loading indicator forever.

Context

• Official Open Library beta app ("by Internet Archive") for Android
• Currently running Android 13 but problem was identical with previous phone, ca. Android 10 or 11
• Logged in (Y/N): Y

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