.NET MAUI Animation doesn't work on Android platform

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.NET MAUI Animation doesn't work on Android platform

zc 51

Animation doesn't work on Android platform on .NET MAUI.

Code:

<Image Source="spin.gif" IsAnimationPlaying="true" BackgroundColor="Black" ></Image>

I don't have ideas why it doesn't work. For example, on Windows platform I don't have problem with that.

Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-06-27T08:45:04.983+00:00

Hi @zc , you could try to add <MauiImage Update="Resources\Images\*.gif" Resize="False" /> to your .csproj file. And there is a known issue Animated gifs are not working properly #7021 reported on GitHub reported on GitHub, you could follow the progress.
zc 51 Reputation points

2022-06-27T10:29:50.563+00:00

Unfortunately, it doesn't work. Thank you for your comment ! ;) I will follow the progress this issue.

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Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-06-27T08:45:04.983+00:00

Hi @zc , you could try to add <MauiImage Update="Resources\Images\*.gif" Resize="False" /> to your .csproj file. And there is a known issue Animated gifs are not working properly #7021 reported on GitHub reported on GitHub, you could follow the progress.
zc 51 Reputation points

2022-06-27T10:29:50.563+00:00

Unfortunately, it doesn't work. Thank you for your comment ! ;) I will follow the progress this issue.

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Rob Caplan - MSFT 6,032 Microsoft Employee Moderator

Animated GIFs should (mostly) work on Android. Most of the problems mentioned in Animated gifs are not working properly #7021 are either for other platforms or already fixed in current versions.

The remaining Android problem is Animated gifs do not start initially #7019, and that affects only the initial startup. Until that is fixed you can work around the problem by setting IsAnimationPlaying from code instead of from markup: set IsAnimationPlaying to false in XAML then true in (for example) your ContentPage.Loaded event.

Paul Kelley 0 Reputation points

2024-05-21T16:47:54.2133333+00:00

I'm experiencing in Visual Studio 2022, .NET MAUI, Android 14, Animated ".gif" files working great in Debug mode, but FREEZE in Release mode: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/app-development/net8-maui-image-quot-gif-quot-animation-debug-vs-release/m-p/4147943

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