hacky workaround to get gifs playing

StickerSlack.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
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 		A957C1782ECD008E00EA3EE9 /* Bundle.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = A957C1762ECD008E00EA3EE9 /* Bundle.swift */; };
+		A957C17A2ECE542D00EA3EE9 /* GifManager.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = A957C1792ECE542D00EA3EE9 /* GifManager.swift */; };
+		A957C17B2ECE542D00EA3EE9 /* GifManager.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = A957C1792ECE542D00EA3EE9 /* GifManager.swift */; };
+		A957C17C2ECE542D00EA3EE9 /* GifManager.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = A957C1792ECE542D00EA3EE9 /* GifManager.swift */; };
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@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@
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 		A957C1762ECD008E00EA3EE9 /* Bundle.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = Bundle.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		A957C1792ECE542D00EA3EE9 /* GifManager.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = GifManager.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
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@@ -285,6 +289,7 @@
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 				A91C098B2EBBD78700210C34 /* Categorisation */,
 				A91C098A2EBBD77B00210C34 /* API */,
+				A957C1792ECE542D00EA3EE9 /* GifManager.swift */,
 			);
 			path = Emoji;
 			sourceTree = "<group>";
@@ -476,6 +481,7 @@
 				A9EB72392EB93FDB00658CEB /* EmojiCollectionView.swift in Sources */,
 				A955B3EE2EC22C4A00E1732D /* DownloadedView.swift in Sources */,
 				A949B1FB2EA0518800215164 /* SlackResponse.swift in Sources */,
+				A957C17A2ECE542D00EA3EE9 /* GifManager.swift in Sources */,
 				A955B3F52EC22EE900E1732D /* SearchView.swift in Sources */,
 				A935437B2EB2A3C800BB80A4 /* FilterCategory.swift in Sources */,
 				A9C172DD2EB8C9AC008A7885 /* Trie.swift in Sources */,
@@ -494,6 +500,7 @@
 			isa = PBXSourcesBuildPhase;
 			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
 			files = (
+				A957C17B2ECE542D00EA3EE9 /* GifManager.swift in Sources */,
 				A986A6C32EB6598100B6E0FA /* FilterCategory.swift in Sources */,
 				A9EB724B2EB94A5700658CEB /* Trie.swift in Sources */,
 				A986A6CD2EB659E000B6E0FA /* MessagesViewController.swift in Sources */,
@@ -509,6 +516,7 @@
 			isa = PBXSourcesBuildPhase;
 			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
 			files = (
+				A957C17C2ECE542D00EA3EE9 /* GifManager.swift in Sources */,
 				A9104C7F2EB4022500D160EA /* MSSticker.swift in Sources */,
 				A9B9A8302EB2CD0B004C9245 /* Emoji.swift in Sources */,
 				A955B3F12EC22E9700E1732D /* BrowseView.swift in Sources */,

StickerSlack/Emoji/GifManager.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//
+//  GifManager.swift
+//  StickerSlack
+//
+//  Created by neon443 on 19/11/2025.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+class GifManager {
+	
+}

StickerSlack/SwiftUI/Emoji/EmojiPreview.swift

@@ -12,14 +12,28 @@ struct EmojiPreview: View {
 	@ObservedObject var hoarder: EmojiHoarder
 	@State var emoji: Emoji
 	
+	@State var gifImage: Image?
+	@State var stopPointer: UnsafeMutablePointer<Bool>?
+	
 	@State private var id: UUID = UUID()
 	@State private var delay: TimeInterval = 0
 	
 	var body: some View {
 		Group {
 			if let image = emoji.image {
+				if emoji.localImageURLString.contains(".gif") {
+					if let gifImage {
+						gifImage
+							.resizable().scaledToFit()
+					} else {
+						Text("uhhhh")
+							.foregroundStyle(.red)
+							.font(.largeTitle)
+					}
+				} else {
 					Image(uiImage: image)
 						.resizable().scaledToFit()
+				}
 			} else {
 				AsyncImage(url: emoji.remoteImageURL) { phase in
 					if let image = phase.image {
@@ -43,6 +57,19 @@ struct EmojiPreview: View {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		.onAppear {
+			guard emoji.localImageURLString.contains(".gif") else { return }
+			gifImage = nil
+			guard let gifData = try? Data(contentsOf: emoji.localImageURL) as CFData else { return }
+			CGAnimateImageDataWithBlock(gifData, nil) { index, cgImage, stop in
+				if stopPointer != stop {
+					stopPointer?.pointee.toggle()
+					stopPointer = stop
+				}
+				guard !stop.pointee else { return }
+				gifImage = Image(uiImage: .init(cgImage: cgImage))
+			}
+		}
 		.id(id)
 	}
 }