diff --git a/coil-base/src/test/java/coil/fetch/UriFetcherTest.kt b/coil-base/src/androidTest/java/coil/fetch/UriFetcherTest.kt
similarity index 59%
rename from coil-base/src/test/java/coil/fetch/UriFetcherTest.kt
rename to coil-base/src/androidTest/java/coil/fetch/UriFetcherTest.kt
index 7445cb5634..7457ba3eae 100644
--- a/coil-base/src/test/java/coil/fetch/UriFetcherTest.kt
+++ b/coil-base/src/androidTest/java/coil/fetch/UriFetcherTest.kt
@@ -9,52 +9,32 @@ import coil.bitmappool.BitmapPool
 import coil.bitmappool.FakeBitmapPool
 import coil.size.PixelSize
 import coil.util.createOptions
-import coil.util.createTestMainDispatcher
-import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
-import kotlinx.coroutines.test.TestCoroutineDispatcher
-import kotlinx.coroutines.test.resetMain
-import org.junit.After
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
-import org.robolectric.shadow.api.Shadow
-import org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowContentResolver
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 import kotlin.test.assertFalse
 import kotlin.test.assertTrue
 
-@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
 class UriFetcherTest {
 
     private val context: Context = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext()
 
-    private lateinit var mainDispatcher: TestCoroutineDispatcher
     private lateinit var loader: UriFetcher
     private lateinit var pool: BitmapPool
 
     @Before
     fun before() {
-        mainDispatcher = createTestMainDispatcher()
         loader = UriFetcher(context)
         pool = FakeBitmapPool()
     }
 
-    @After
-    fun after() {
-        Dispatchers.resetMain()
-    }
-
     @Test
-    fun `basic asset load`() {
+    fun basicAssetLoad() {
         val uri = Uri.parse("file:///android_asset/normal.jpg")
         assertTrue(loader.handles(uri))
         assertEquals(uri.toString(), loader.key(uri))
 
-        val contentResolver: ShadowContentResolver = Shadow.extract(context.contentResolver)
-        contentResolver.registerInputStream(uri, context.assets.open("normal.jpg"))
-
         val result = runBlocking {
             loader.fetch(pool, uri, PixelSize(100, 100), createOptions())
         }
@@ -62,4 +42,25 @@ class UriFetcherTest {
         assertTrue(result is SourceResult)
         assertFalse(result.source.exhausted())
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun basicExtractFileName() {
+        val uri = Uri.parse("file:///android_asset/something.jpg")
+        val result = loader.extractAssetFileName(uri)
+        assertEquals("something.jpg", result)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun emptyExtractFileName() {
+        val uri = Uri.parse("file:///android_asset/")
+        val result = loader.extractAssetFileName(uri)
+        assertEquals(null, result)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun nonAssetUriExtractFileName() {
+        val uri = Uri.parse("file:///fake/file/path")
+        val result = loader.extractAssetFileName(uri)
+        assertEquals(null, result)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/coil-base/src/main/java/coil/fetch/UriFetcher.kt b/coil-base/src/main/java/coil/fetch/UriFetcher.kt
index cab999ecc5..49652a9995 100644
--- a/coil-base/src/main/java/coil/fetch/UriFetcher.kt
+++ b/coil-base/src/main/java/coil/fetch/UriFetcher.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package coil.fetch
 
 import android.content.ContentResolver
 import android.content.Context
+import android.content.res.AssetManager
 import android.net.Uri
+import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting
 import androidx.collection.arraySetOf
 import coil.bitmappool.BitmapPool
 import coil.decode.DataSource
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ internal class UriFetcher(
 ) : Fetcher<Uri> {
 
     companion object {
+        private const val ASSET_FILE_PATH_SEGMENT = "android_asset"
+
         private val SUPPORTED_SCHEMES = arraySetOf(
             ContentResolver.SCHEME_ANDROID_RESOURCE,
             ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT,
@@ -33,10 +37,34 @@ internal class UriFetcher(
         size: Size,
         options: Options
     ): FetchResult {
+        val assetFileName = extractAssetFileName(data)
+        val inputStream = if (assetFileName != null) {
+            context.assets.open(assetFileName)
+        } else {
+            checkNotNull(context.contentResolver.openInputStream(data))
+        }
+
         return SourceResult(
-            source = checkNotNull(context.contentResolver.openInputStream(data)).source().buffer(),
+            source = inputStream.source().buffer(),
             mimeType = context.contentResolver.getType(data),
             dataSource = DataSource.DISK
         )
     }
+
+    /** Return the asset's filename if [uri] must be handled by [AssetManager]. Else, return null. */
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    internal fun extractAssetFileName(uri: Uri): String? {
+        if (uri.scheme != ContentResolver.SCHEME_FILE) {
+            return null
+        }
+
+        val segments = uri.pathSegments
+        return if (segments.count() == 2 &&
+            segments[0] == ASSET_FILE_PATH_SEGMENT &&
+            segments[1].isNotBlank()) {
+            segments[1]
+        } else {
+            null
+        }
+    }
 }