Animated GIF Repeat iOS 8

Asked Sep 21 '14 at 17:47

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I think there is a bug in iOS 8 which prevents animated GIFs from repeating, even if they are supposed to do so.

I have tried setting the source to nothing, then adding the file name back in, but it does not seem to repeat.

document.getElementById("img").src = "";
document.getElementById("img").src = "animated.gif";

Is there a more modern way to reset GIFs than said in this post: Proper way to reset a GIF animation with display:none on Chrome?

Thanks.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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asked Sep 21 '14 at 17:47

Jake Chasan

To confirm - I've seen this too, at least in the UIWebView in iOS 8. I haven't tested in pure Safari. – Jamie Brown Sep 22 '14 at 22:09
@JamieBrown I think it exists in both the webview and Safari. – Jake Chasan Sep 22 '14 at 22:13
It's not an answer, but since it's thrown an unexpected spanner in the works for my Cordova-powered app, I'm migrating my spinner GIF to a sprite, animated by JavaScript. – Jamie Brown Sep 22 '14 at 22:24

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