digitaltown-nativescript-gif v4.0.2

Installation

NS 4X

tns plugin add nativescript-gif

NS 3x

tns plugin add nativescript-gif@3.1.1

NS 2x

tns plugin add nativescript-gif@1.0.9

The native libraries used to handle rendering GIFs for Android & iOS.

Android Screen	iOS Screen

Usage

Plain NativeScript

IMPORTANT: Make sure you include xmlns:Gif="nativescript-gif" on the Page element.

<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd"
      xmlns:Gif="nativescript-gif" loaded="pageLoaded">
  <StackLayout>
    <Gif:Gif headers="{{headersJSON}}" src="~/gifs/bill.gif" height="100" />
    <Gif:Gif src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/3uyIgVxP1qAjS/200.gif" height="200" />
  </StackLayout>
</Page>

Angular NativeScript

import { registerElement } from "nativescript-angular/element-registry";
import { Gif } from "nativescript-gif";
registerElement("Gif", () => Gif);

HTML

<StackLayout>
    <Gif [headers]="headersJSON" src="~/gifs/bill.gif" height="100" ></Gif>
    <Gif src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/3uyIgVxP1qAjS/200.gif" height="200" ></Gif>
</StackLayout>

Properties

• src - required Set the gif file to play.

• headers - (JSON Object) - optional Set headers to add when loading a gif from URL

API

start()

• starts playing the .gif

stop()

• stops playing the .gif

getFrameCount()

• returns the number of frames in the current .gif

isPlaying()

• returns boolean value indicating if the gif is playing.

Android Only

getDuration()

• returns the .gif duration

reset()

• resets the .gif to its initial frame

setSpeed(speedFactor: Number)

• sets the .gif play speed

recycle()

• provided to speed up freeing memory advanced usage - you shouldn't need this often

Contributors

• NathanaelA - @CongoCart
• NathanWalker - @wwwalkerrun