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

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

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?

Solution

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

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
  }
}

Then tuning @Ganesh suggestion with the extension you might do something like:
```
imageView.image = UIImage.gif(asset: "YOUR_GIF_NAME_FROM_ASSET")
```