title: How to show a placeholder image before the actual image loads in an Ionic 2 or 3 app
body: <p>Good day,</p>
  
  <p>I'm working on an Ionic application and I'm loading images dynamically from a JSON feed. I would like that when the images are being pulled in from the external URL that a placeholder image shows in its place, thereafter, the placeholder image should then be replaced by the "real" image once its loaded.</p>
  
  <p>An example of my current situation is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;ion-card *ngFor="let item of items"...
   &lt;img [src]="item.picture" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks &amp; Regards.</p>