I am trying to draw animated gif on my screen in mac OSX app . I used this code to insert the gif: I can see the Gif as 1 picture it doesn't animates only static picture :( what should I add to make it animated ?
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#import <Quartz/Quartz.h>//for drawing circle
#import "sharedPrefferences.h"
@interface GenericFanSubView : NSView
{
NSColor * _backgroundColor;
NSImageView* imageView;
}
- (void)setBackgroundColor :(NSColor*)color;
- (void)insertGif1;
- (void)insertGif2;
- (void)insertGif3;
@end
#import "GenericFanSubView.h"
#define PI 3.14285714285714
@implementation GenericFanSubView
- (id)initWithFrame:(NSRect)frame
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
// Initialization code here.
imageView = [[NSImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0,self.frame.size.width,self.frame.size.height)];
[imageView setAnimates: YES];
}
return self;
}
- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)dirtyRect
{
[super drawRect:dirtyRect];
// Drawing code here.
[self drawCircleInRect];
_backgroundColor = [NSColor whiteColor];
[self insertGif1];
}
-(void)drawCircleInRect
{
//draw colored circle here
CGContextRef context = [[NSGraphicsContext // 1
currentContext] graphicsPort];
// ********** Your drawing code here ********** // 2
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context,[self NSColorToCGColor:(_backgroundColor)]);
float radius1 = self.frame.size.height/2;
float startAngle = 0;
float endAngle = endAngle = PI*2;
CGPoint position = CGPointMake(self.frame.size.height/2,self.frame.size.height/2);//center of the view
CGContextBeginPath(context);
CGContextAddArc(context, position.x, position.y, radius1, startAngle, endAngle, 1);
CGContextDrawPath(context, kCGPathFill); // Or kCGPathFill
}
- (void)setBackgroundColor :(NSColor*)color
{
_backgroundColor = color;
[self setNeedsDisplay:YES];
}
- (CGColorRef)NSColorToCGColor:(NSColor *)color
{
NSInteger numberOfComponents = [color numberOfComponents];
CGFloat components[numberOfComponents];
CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = [[color colorSpace] CGColorSpace];
[color getComponents:(CGFloat *)&components];
CGColorRef cgColor = CGColorCreate(colorSpace, components);
return cgColor;
}
//curentlly calling only this 1
- (void)insertGif1
{
[imageView removeFromSuperview];
[imageView setImageScaling:NSImageScaleNone];
[imageView setAnimates: YES];
imageView.image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"FanBlades11.gif"];
[self addSubview:imageView];
}
@end
Edit: I discovered the source of the problem:
I was adding my class (that represents gif inside the circle) on top of RMBlurredView
and the animations doesn't work when I adding it as subview ,However it works on all the other views I added.
Any ideas what could be the reason inside the RMBlurredView
to stop my NSImageView from animating ?
Edit:
I think [self setWantsLayer:YES];
is the reason I am not getting animations
how can I still get the animation with this feature enabled?
Edit:
Here is a simple sample with my problem
my gif:This is my gif it is invisible on white background color
"You must disable the autoscaling feature of the NSImageView for the animation playback to function. After you've done that, no extra programming required. It works like a charm!"
--http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/108530-nsimageview-and-animated-gifs.html
imageView.imageScaling = NSImageScaleNone;
imageView.animates = YES;
if the image view is in a layer backed view or is layer backed itself:
imageView.canDrawSubviewsIntoLayer = YES;
working example using the question's own gif:
NSImageView *view = [[NSImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 10, 50, 50)];
view.imageScaling = NSImageScaleNone;
view.animates = YES;
view.image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"FanBlades2_42x42.gif"];
view.canDrawSubviewsIntoLayer = YES;
NSView *layerview = [[NSView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 60, 60)];
layerview.wantsLayer = YES;
[layerview addSubview:view];
[self.window.contentView addSubview:layerview];