A Microsoft platform for building and publishing apps for Windows devices.
You could use WIC to control the rendering, like the SDK sample WIC Animated Gif
I only used WIC in Desktop Apps, but MSDN docs say it should work in UWP too (for WIC and Direct2D) :
Minimum supported client Windows XP with SP2, Windows Vista [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Minimum supported client Windows 7, Windows Vista with SP2 and Platform Update for Windows Vista [desktop apps | UWP apps]