Code snippet for "Android & how to use animated GIF" blog post - http://weavora.com/blog/2012/02/07/android-how-to-use-animated-gif/

setAttrs.java

private void setAttrs(AttributeSet attrs) {
        if (attrs != null) {
            TypedArray a = getContext().obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.GIFView, 0, 0);
            String gifSource = a.getString(R.styleable.GIFView_src);
            //little workaround here. Who knows better approach on how to easily get resource id - please share
            String sourceName = Uri.parse(gifSource).getLastPathSegment().replace(".gif", "");
            setGIFResource(getResources().getIdentifier(sourceName, "drawable", getContext().getPackageName()));
            a.recycle();
        }
    }