How to display GIF in react-native android app?

Question

I want to display a simple gif via URL in my Image tag in my android react-native app but when I start it no image is shown. The code as provided in the docs does work only

Answer 1

For me adding the dependencies like below wasn't enough:

compile 'com.facebook.fresco:animated-gif:1.9.0'

I also had to upgrade my gradle version in the file:

android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties like this:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip

and also my build tools version in the file:

android/build.gradle like this:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'