feat(collection.ts): add image preloading functionality to improve performance and user experience

assets/ts/mobile/collection.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { container } from '../container'
 import { ImageJSON } from '../resources'
-import { setIndex } from '../state'
-import { getRandom, Watchable } from '../utils'
+import { getNextFive, setIndex } from '../state'
+import { Watchable, getRandom, onVisible } from '../utils'
 import { slideUp } from './gallery'
 
 /**
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ export function initCollection(ijs: ImageJSON[]): void {
   imgs.forEach((img, i) => {
     img.addEventListener('click', () => handleClick(i))
     img.addEventListener('keydown', () => handleClick(i))
+    // preload
+    onVisible(img, () => {
+      // minues one because we want to preload the current and the next 4 images
+      getNextFive(i - 1, imgs.length)
+        .map((i) => imgs[i])
+        .forEach((e) => {
+          e.src = e.dataset.src!
+        })
+    })
   })
 }
 
@@ -53,8 +62,8 @@ export function initCollection(ijs: ImageJSON[]): void {
 
 function createCollection(ijs: ImageJSON[]): void {
   // create container for images
-  const collection: HTMLDivElement = document.createElement('div')
-  collection.className = 'collection'
+  const _collection: HTMLDivElement = document.createElement('div')
+  _collection.className = 'collection'
   // append images to container
   for (let [i, ij] of ijs.entries()) {
     // random x and y
@@ -62,12 +71,12 @@ function createCollection(ijs: ImageJSON[]): void {
     const y = i !== 0 ? getRandom(-30, 30) : 0
     // element
     const e = document.createElement('img')
-    e.src = ij.loUrl
+    e.dataset.src = ij.loUrl
     e.height = ij.loImgH
     e.width = ij.loImgW
     e.alt = 'image'
     e.style.transform = `translate3d(${x}%, ${y - 50}%, 0)`
-    collection.append(e)
+    _collection.append(e)
   }
-  container.append(collection)
+  container.append(_collection)
 }