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Create an animated gif in swift
func createGIF(with images: [UIImage], loopCount: Int = 0, frameDelay: Double, callback: (data: NSData?, error: NSError?) -> ()) {
let fileProperties = [kCGImagePropertyGIFDictionary as String: [kCGImagePropertyGIFLoopCount as String: loopCount]]
let frameProperties = [kCGImagePropertyGIFDictionary as String: [kCGImagePropertyGIFDelayTime as String: frameDelay]]
let documentsDirectory = NSTemporaryDirectory()
let url = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: documentsDirectory)?.URLByAppendingPathComponent("animated.gif")
if let url = url {
let destination = CGImageDestinationCreateWithURL(url, kUTTypeGIF, UInt(images.count), nil)
CGImageDestinationSetProperties(destination, fileProperties)
for i in 0..<images.count {
CGImageDestinationAddImage(destination, images[i].CGImage, frameProperties)
}
if CGImageDestinationFinalize(destination) {
callback(data: NSData(contentsOfURL: url), error: nil)
} else {
callback(data: nil, error: NSError())
}
} else {
callback(data: nil, error: NSError())
}
}
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