How do I get an animated gif to work in WPF?

Question

What control type should I use - Image, MediaElement, etc.?

Answer 1

Check my code, I hope this helped you :)

         public async Task GIF_Animation_Pro(string FileName,int speed,bool _Repeat)
                    {
    int ab=0;
                        var gif = GifBitmapDecoder.Create(new Uri(FileName), BitmapCreateOptions.PreservePixelFormat, BitmapCacheOption.Default);
                        var getFrames = gif.Frames;
                        BitmapFrame[] frames = getFrames.ToArray();
                        await Task.Run(() =>
                        {


                            while (ab < getFrames.Count())
                            {
                                Thread.Sleep(speed);
try
{
                                Dispatcher.Invoke(() =>
                                {
                                    gifImage.Source = frames[ab];
                                });
                                if (ab == getFrames.Count - 1&&_Repeat)
                                {
                                    ab = 0;

                                }
                                ab++;
            }
 catch
{
}

                            }
                        });
                    }

or

     public async Task GIF_Animation_Pro(Stream stream, int speed,bool _Repeat)
            {
 int ab = 0;   
                var gif = GifBitmapDecoder.Create(stream , BitmapCreateOptions.PreservePixelFormat, BitmapCacheOption.Default);
                var getFrames = gif.Frames;
                BitmapFrame[] frames = getFrames.ToArray();
                await Task.Run(() =>
                {


                    while (ab < getFrames.Count())
                    {
                        Thread.Sleep(speed);
    try
    {


                     Dispatcher.Invoke(() =>
                        {
                            gifImage.Source = frames[ab];
                        });
                        if (ab == getFrames.Count - 1&&_Repeat)
                        {
                            ab = 0;

                        }
                        ab++;
    }
     catch{} 



                    }
                });
            }