Basic Usage

The GIFPlayer

The GIFPlayer class is used to play the gif animation.

It can load gif file from an URLRequest object or a ByteArray object.

Example: ``` package { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.net.URLRequest; import org.gif.player.GIFPlayer;

public class Main extends Sprite
{
    public function Main():void
    {
        var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("diego.gif");

        var player:GIFPlayer = new GIFPlayer();
        player.load(request);

        addChild(player);
    }
}

} ```

The GIFEncoder

The GIFEncoder class use to create a gif file by frames.

Example(draw two frames and add to GIFEncoder then play the gif data by GIFPlayer):

``` package { import flash.display.BitmapData; import flash.display.Shape; import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.utils.ByteArray; import org.gif.encoder.GIFEncoder; import org.gif.player.GIFPlayer;

public class Main extends Sprite
{
    public function Main():void
    {
        var frames:Array = createFrames();

        var encoder:GIFEncoder = new GIFEncoder();

        encoder.setRepeat(0);           //AUTO LOOP
        encoder.setDelay(500);

        encoder.start();            //MUST HAVE!

        encoder.addFrame(frames[0]);
        encoder.addFrame(frames[1]);

        encoder.finish();           //MUST HAVE!

        playGIF(encoder.stream);
    }

    private function playGIF(data:ByteArray):void
    {
        data.position = 0;

        var player:GIFPlayer = new GIFPlayer();
        player.loadBytes(data);

        addChild(player);
    }

    private function createFrames():Array
    {
        var shape:Shape = new Shape();
        shape.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0);

        shape.graphics.moveTo(60, 0);
        shape.graphics.lineTo(60, 120);

        var frame1:BitmapData = new BitmapData(120, 120);
        frame1.draw(shape);

        shape.graphics.clear();

        shape.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0);
        shape.graphics.moveTo(0, 60);
        shape.graphics.lineTo(120, 60);

        var frame2:BitmapData = new BitmapData(120, 120);
        frame2.draw(shape);

        return [frame1, frame2];
    }
}

} ```