Show GIF with glide in android notification

Question

I have been trying to show a .gif image inside my custom notification using Glide library. I am only able to show static image on the notification panel.

    RemoteViews collapsedView = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(), R.layout.notification_collapsed);
    RemoteViews expandedView = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(), R.layout.notification_expanded);

    collapsedView.setTextViewText(R.id.text_view_collapsed_1,"Hello World!");


    NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID)
            .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher_background)
            .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.DecoratedCustomViewStyle())
            .setCustomContentView(collapsedView)
            .setCustomBigContentView(expandedView);

    final Notification notification = mBuilder.build();


    notificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID,notification);

    notificationTarget = new NotificationTarget(
            getApplicationContext(),
            R.id.image_view_expanded,
            expandedView,
            notification,
            NOTIFICATION_ID
            );

    Glide.with(MainActivity.this)
            .asBitmap()
            .load(R.drawable.giphy)
            .into(notificationTarget);

The drawable is a .gif file. When the notification pops up it shows a static image as I am using .asBitmap(). I tried using

Glide.with(MainActivity.this)
            .asGif()
            .load(R.drawable.giphy)
            .into(notificationTarget);

but i am getting an error "Cannot resolve method 'into(NotificationTarget)'". I have looked around for solutions but i was unable to find one. So how can I show a GIF file with glide in android's notification panel? Is it possible?

I don' think notifications support gifs – Vladyslav Matviienko Oct 21 '19 at 08:48 — Vladyslav Matviienko, Oct 21 '19 at 08:48

Somesh Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-21T09:02:43.047

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Android doesn't support GIF and Videos in notification because notification is built using RemoteViews and RemoteViews doesn't support GIF or Videos.

Also, Glide maintainer answered a similar question here. I am quoting the answer.

It doesn't look like RemoteViews supports setting a Drawable? https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/RemoteViews.html.

If there's a way to set an animated drawable in a notification in general, you can probably find a way to do it with a custom Target in Glide.

edited Oct 21 '19 at 09:02

answered Oct 21 '19 at 08:56

Somesh Kumar

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Place your Gif in the "raw" folder and then use – rachna Oct 21 '19 at 09:08
@Somesh Thank you for your comment. I have accepted your comment as answer. I have read through it and i do not think there is any easy way around it. – Md. Kamrul Amin Oct 22 '19 at 04:25
@rachna He is asking if he can play the GIFs in notification? – Somesh Kumar Oct 22 '19 at 05:00
@KamrulHasanJony You accepted the answer that told you that my answer was right. In the future, You should accept the answer that solves your problem – Somesh Kumar Oct 22 '19 at 08:08
@SomeshKumar sorry i misclicked the other answer. Thank you again. – Md. Kamrul Amin Oct 23 '19 at 04:57
It may be possible. I am [searching further about it.](https://stackoverflow.com/q/65773220/2289835) – Rumit Patel Jan 18 '21 at 11:04

João Martins · Answer 2 · 2019-10-22T08:33:21.507

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Indeed. @Somesh Kumar answered your question.

You cannot add GIF's or Videos like he said to your Notifications

In fact, I must ask you: Have you ever seen any notification on your phone that was actively playing a Video or a GIF?

Notifications are not meant to play Videos or GIFs as that would bring some issues as for example higher battery consumption. Notifications should be simple and fast to understand.

edited Oct 22 '19 at 08:33

answered Oct 21 '19 at 09:05

João Martins

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It may be possible. I am searching further about [Custom Notification Layout](https://stackoverflow.com/q/65773220/2289835) – Rumit Patel Jan 18 '21 at 11:01
Android nest app shows animated images of events from camera. – Jeffrey Liu Mar 08 '22 at 18:02

Show GIF with glide in android notification

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