How to add GIF images to Assets folder and load them in UIImageView programmatically

Question

I am trying to put my @2x and @3x GIF images into the Assets folder in Xcode. I have tried the following links but it didn't work for me. Link 1 and Link 2.

I am currently loading the GIF files by adding them to my project bundle and accessing it using this

let bundleURL = NSBundle.mainBundle()
            .URLForResource("phone_animation", withExtension: "gif") 

But I want to load them from my Assets folder. Is there a way I can do it? And how do I load them into my imageview after adding it to Assets?

Answer 1

According to your comment, this is the solution that you are searching:

1. make an extension of UIImage which uses SwiftGif:

   extension UIImage {
     public class func gif(asset: String) -> UIImage? {
       if let asset = NSDataAsset(name: asset) {
          return UIImage.gif(data: asset.data)
       }
       return nil
     }
   }
   

2. Then tuning @Ganesh suggestion with the extension you might do something like:

   imageView.image = UIImage.gif(asset: "YOUR_GIF_NAME_FROM_ASSET")