How do I use an animated .gif in my iPhone application?

Question

I have an animated gif file that I want to use in my iPhone application, but the animation doesn\'t work. Does anybody know how to fix it?

Answer 1

If you have a serie of images you want to animate you can easily do it with UIImageView:

UIImage *blur5 = [UIImage imageNamed:@"blur5.png"];
UIImage *blur6 = [UIImage imageNamed:@"blur6.png"];

self.imageView.animationImages = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:blur5, blur6, nil];
self.imageView.animationRepeatCount = 5;
[self.imageView startAnimating];

I found this easier than trying to use UIWebView.