Load gif on UIImage by Kingfisher - ios

Question

I want to load a gif image on a UIImage using JSQMessageView in cell. I can not access any UIImageView so I did this to change media view. But, the images do not animate. Is it possible to do what I want?
Here is my code:
let urlString = Helpers.getUrlFromGiphyText(text: message.body!)
if let url = URL(string: urlString) {
KingfisherManager.shared.retrieveImage(with: url, options:
[.processor(DefaultImageProcessor.default),
.cacheSerializer(FormatIndicatedCacheSerializer.gif)],
progressBlock:
{ receivedSize, totalSize in
print("(indexPath.row + 1): (receivedSize)/(totalSize)")
}, completionHandler: { image, error, cacheType, imageURL in
if let gifImage = image {
let mediaItem = JSQPhotoMediaItem(image: gifImage)
cell.mediaView = mediaItem?.mediaView()
}
})
}

Answer 1

I wrote this media fetcher method for my app, and it works fine with gif files.
NOTE: Just notice that I use DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.5) after the kingfisher manager downloads each file, since without the delay - the gifs don't play at the first download.
I wrecked my mind on this one. I figure this is probably some cache syncing issue of Kingfisher.
mediaFetcher.downloadGifFile(url) { imageUrl in
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.5) {
// Use whatever u want to load the gif file
}
}
class MediaFetcher {
func downloadGifFile(_ url: URL, completion: #escaping (_ imageURL: URL) -> () = { (imageURL) in} ) {
KingfisherManager.shared.retrieveImage(with: url, options: .none, progressBlock: nil) { (image, error, cacheType, imageUrl) in
guard error == nil else {
return
}
guard let imageUrl = imageUrl else {
return
}
completion(imageUrl)
}
}
}