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Animated Gif support for WP8

I have been trying to display an animated gif on my app (c# + xaml). Here its given that gif format is supported by WP8 then why is my gif not visible. Any idea how to make an animated gif run?

Solution

  • Most apps use the ImageTools library. It's a memory hog, but it works. Alternatively, you can try to embed a WebBrowser control in your app and have it load the animated gif.

    The application Baconography is so far the only WP8 application I've heard of that uses a custom GIF renderer. The application is open-source, but I don't know if their license allows you to re-use the code in your own app. https://github.com/Synergex/Baconography