# Issue with flashing button when I load a simple button with an image for a background

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/issue-with-flashing-button-when-i-load-a-simple-button-with-an-image-for-a-background/905824>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/issue-with-flashing-button-when-i-load-a-simple-button-with-an-image-for-a-background/905824 "2020-10-16T03:08:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![grahamb3210n9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@grahamb3210n9](https://community.thunkable.com/u/grahamb3210n9)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/issue-with-flashing-button-when-i-load-a-simple-button-with-an-image-for-a-background/905824/1 "2020-10-16T03:08:08Z")

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Here’s a link to a basic screen with 1 column and one button with an image as background.

When I run the app on android simulator (and also on a real device) the button flashes/flickers for a few seconds.

[https://x.thunkable.com/copy/4c698520b945c4a91e81c6af30bbdacd](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/4c698520b945c4a91e81c6af30bbdacd)

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/issue-with-flashing-button-when-i-load-a-simple-button-with-an-image-for-a-background/905824/2 "2020-10-16T05:22:29Z")

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I’m not seeing any flickering on an iPhone in Thunkable Live. But I have heard others mention that screens seem to load more than once. And I had a Thunkable staff member confirm that one of my projects seemed to load twice when I used a “when screen opens” blocks. I haven’t duplicated the problem with other projects yet.

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**Author:** ![grahamb3210n9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@grahamb3210n9](https://community.thunkable.com/u/grahamb3210n9)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/issue-with-flashing-button-when-i-load-a-simple-button-with-an-image-for-a-background/905824/3 "2020-10-16T13:14:02Z")

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When I download the APK and install it on a real device it flickers. On my actual app, I had to overcome this by adding a loading screen which really sucks

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/issue-with-flashing-button-when-i-load-a-simple-button-with-an-image-for-a-background/905824/4 "2024-11-08T12:22:07Z")

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