The way to display animated gif image in swiftUI
because of Image
Image("fall-leaves")
does not support gifs
answer below
Easiest and fastest way to display gif image in swiftUI - is to use Preview
/ QuickLook (QL)
/ QLPreviewView
Quartz available only in macOS 10.4+ https://developer.apple.com/documentation/quartz
import SwiftUI
import Quartz
struct QLImage: NSViewRepresentable {
var url: URL
func makeNSView(context: NSViewRepresentableContext<QLImage>) -> QLPreviewView {
let preview = QLPreviewView(frame: .zero, style: .normal)
preview?.autostarts = true
preview?.previewItem = url as QLPreviewItem
return preview ?? QLPreviewView()
}
func updateNSView(_ nsView: QLPreviewView, context: NSViewRepresentableContext<QLImage>) {
nsView.previewItem = url as QLPreviewItem
}
typealias NSViewType = QLPreviewView
}