ImageView textShip= (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.text_ship);

Picasso.with(this)
                .load(R.drawable.text_ship)
                .resize((int)shipWidth,(int)shipHeight)
                .into(textShip);

ImageView textShip= (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.text_ship);

Picasso.with(this)
                //different bitmap loaded into same ImageView
                .load(R.drawable.yellow_text_ship)
                .resize((int)shipWidth,(int)shipHeight)
                .into(textShip);

ImageView textShip= (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.text_ship);

Picasso.with(this)
                .load(R.drawable.text_ship)
                .resize((int)shipWidth,(int)shipHeight)
                .into(textShip);
//so the image is not show before I want it to be shown
//note also even when this isn't here the problem persists
textShip.setImageBitmap(null);