Animated gif in android

Question

I want to use animated gif in android. is it possible? Is it compatible in 1.6.2.0?

Answer 1

Animated gif support is not available in the 1.6 SDK, although it is available in version 2.2 (Froyo)

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3422

Answer 2

you can decompose an animated gif into frames (separate gif files) and animate them using animation in image view mode.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/AnimationDrawable.html

Yes, it is compatible with 1.6.