GIF animation in AIR

To display the GIF animation in an air application here is a way to embed in an HTML component.

First of all create a HTML component object on your desired event. I have placed itunder creationComplete();

public function loadImage():void{
     var cuteDog:HTML = startAnimation("assets/images/dog.gif");
     cuteDog.height = 80;
     cuteDog.width = 80;
     parentContainer.addElement(cuteDog);
}

“startAnimation” function will trigger the do the trick here.

public function startAnimation(url:String):HTML
{
     var gifLoader:HTML = new HTML();
     gifLoader.location=url;
     gifLoader.reload();
     return gifLoader;
}

Just set the desired height and width for the HTML component and its parent component. Finally call the addElement() to add in application.