Tired of playing GIFs in WPF?

Repository: https://github.com/XamlAnimatedGif/WpfAnimatedGif

NuGet package: WpfAnimatedGif.

Today, I’m introducing a library for displaying animated GIF images in WPF, usable in XAML or code: WpfAnimatedGif.

Simple and easy to use: In XAML, use the AnimatedSource attached property to set the GIF you want to display (replacing the Source property):

<Window
  x:Class="WpfAnimatedGif.Demo.MainWindow"
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  xmlns:gif="http://wpfanimatedgif.codeplex.com"
  Title="MainWindow"
  Height="350"
  Width="525"
>
  <Grid> <image gif:ImageBehavior.AnimatedSource="Images/animated.gif" /></Grid
></Window>

You can also specify the repeat behavior (default is 0x, which means it will use the repeat count from the GIF metadata):

<image
  gif:ImageBehavior.RepeatBehavior="3x"
  gif:ImageBehavior.AnimatedSource="Images/animated.gif"
/>

Of course, you can also set the GIF image in code:

var image = new BitmapImage();
image.BeginInit();
image.UriSource = new Uri(fileName);
image.EndInit();
ImageBehavior.SetAnimatedSource(img, image);

For more details on usage, see the wiki.

Features

• No new controls added; extends the native WPF Image control with attached properties for dynamic GIF loading
• Respects actual frame durations
• Allows specifying repeat behavior; if not specified, uses the repeat count from GIF metadata
• Notifies when animation playback completes, enabling specific actions after the animation ends
• Animation preview in design mode (must be explicitly enabled)
• Supports manual control of animation (pause/resume/seek)