From c1ed8df7a074817d0b98ee61db1ccc53da7bde49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: akshayaurora <akshayaurora@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:43:14 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] uix:Image delayed importing of loader. Import it only
 when used

---
 kivy/uix/image.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kivy/uix/image.py b/kivy/uix/image.py
index 2c3fcf86c..d2b868808 100644
--- a/kivy/uix/image.py
+++ b/kivy/uix/image.py
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ from kivy.core.image import Image as CoreImage
 from kivy.resources import resource_find
 from kivy.properties import StringProperty, ObjectProperty, ListProperty, \
     AliasProperty, BooleanProperty, NumericProperty
-from kivy.loader import Loader
 from kivy.logger import Logger
 
+# delayed imports 
+Loader = None
 
 class Image(Widget):
     '''Image class, see module documentation for more information.
@@ -303,6 +304,9 @@ class AsyncImage(Image):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self._coreimage = None
         super(AsyncImage, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+        global Loader
+        if not Loader:
+            from kivy.loader import Loader
         self.bind(source=self._load_source)
         if self.source:
             self._load_source()

From 135be82655c1fa9023164c654be32e65cc9190ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: akshayaurora <akshayaurora@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 23:04:10 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] uix:Image: don't force Image texture to be created untill
 absolutely needed.

---
 kivy/core/image/__init__.py | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kivy/core/image/__init__.py b/kivy/core/image/__init__.py
index 7bbbc6baf..ea370c06b 100644
--- a/kivy/core/image/__init__.py
+++ b/kivy/core/image/__init__.py
@@ -445,8 +445,6 @@ class Image(EventDispatcher):
         else:
             raise Exception('Unable to load image type {0!r}'.format(arg))
 
-        # check if the image hase sequences for animation in it
-        self._img_iterate()
 
     def remove_from_cache(self):
         '''Remove the Image from cache. This facilitates re-loading of