Why .crossfade() is not available when we get image asBitmap()

[manjunathc23]

Question : Is there any way we can .crossFade() image when we load image as .asBitmap()?

            Glide.with(getContext())
                    .load(url)
                    .asBitmap()
                    .crossFade() --> Not possible. 
                    .into(imageView);

Or do we need to customize the animate ?

            Glide.with(imageView.getContext())
                    .load(url)
                    .animate("do something here") // TODO
                    .into(imageView);

Just curious why we lose .crossFade() when we load .asBitmap()?

Thanks!
Manju

[TWiStErRob]

Duplicate of #840 (this time I'm sure ;)
Please subscribe to that issue (right column), as it may get included in a future version. Also see #605 for more discussion.

As to the why, the answer is simple: we call image.setImageBitmap which cannot receive a TransitionDrawable and the Animat-something interface has Bitmap as generic args with asBitmap which hides the potential of the workaround I figured out.