Adding GIFs to your iOS app with FLAnimatedImage and SwiftUI

Companies increasingly use animated GIFs in their digital communications to boost engagement, but implementing GIFs in iOS apps lacks native support, requiring third-party solutions like FLAnimatedImage by Flipboard. This library allows developers to efficiently integrate GIFs into apps with minimal code, whether using Objective-C or Swift. The article provides a detailed guide on setting up FLAnimatedImage through various dependency managers, such as CocoaPods, Carthage, and Swift Package Manager, and demonstrates using it within both UIKit and SwiftUI frameworks. It includes practical examples of creating custom views like GIFView to handle local and remote GIFs, leveraging GIPHY's API for real-world applications. This approach simplifies the process of displaying GIFs in iOS apps, offering a way to enhance user experience with dynamic content.