Android: How do a display a large animated gif given a url?

Question

Suppose I have the URL for large animated gif and I wanted to make a youtube like activity that displays the animation in a streaming way. How do I

1. stream in

Answer 1

Glide prove most easy and efficient way to achieve this with just one line of code :-

Glide.with(getApplicationContext())
            .load(Uri.parse("https://media1.giphy.com/media/5ziaphcUWGKPu/200.gif"))
            .asGif().placeholder(R.drawable.ic_launcher).crossFade()
            .into(imageView);

Result is here :-

Gif taken from here http://giphy.com/search/big-gif/3

Add jar from here :- https://github.com/bumptech/glide/releases