MauiSplashScreen gif file

Question

<MauiSplashScreen Include="Resources\Splash\splash_screen.gif" IsAnimationPlaying="True" />

dotnet maui splash screen deos not play animated gif file.

Answer 1

Hello,

Neither MAUI nor the underlying platforms support animated GIFs for Splash Screens.

For the underlying platforms, the SplashScreen is managed by the OS, and it shows while the application loads, before the application code runs.

On those native platforms, only Android supports animated SplashScrren via vector drawable (AVD)s, you could refer to this official documentation Splash screens to get more details.

Other platforms do not support animation.

For the MAUI SplashScreen, it is managed by the MAUI app.

Although it has not currently been implemented in MAUI, there has been an Enhancement request on GitHub about adding SplashScreen Animation support, you could follow this issue: Enhancement MauiSplashScreen Video / Animation Support #3300.

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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