stewartsims/gist:656802685e479d50a13e08c3ebefa126

## gistfile1.txt
// in your XAML
<WebView x:Name="AnimatedGIF" HorizontalOptions="Center" VerticalOptions="Center" WidthRequest="64" HeightRequest="64" BackgroundColor="#336699"></WebView>

// in your CS (constructor)
AnimatedGIF.Source = GifViewHelper.GetGifViewSource("my-animation.gif", AnimatedGIF.BackgroundColor);

// the helper class
    public class GifViewHelper
    {
        public static HtmlWebViewSource GetGifViewSource(string filename, Color backgroundColour)
        {
            string background = GetHexString(backgroundColour);
            HtmlWebViewSource source = new HtmlWebViewSource();
            source.Html = string.Empty;
            string base64 = Convert.ToBase64String(File.ReadAllBytes(filename));
            string mimeType = "image/gif";
            source.Html = "<html><body style=\"margin:0px; padding:0px; background:" + background + ";\"><img src=\"data:" + mimeType + ";base64," + base64 + "\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"></body></html>";
            return source;
        }

        public static string GetHexString(Color color)
        {
            var red = (int)(color.R * 255);
            var green = (int)(color.G * 255);
            var blue = (int)(color.B * 255);
            var hex = $"#{red:X2}{green:X2}{blue:X2}";

            return hex;
        }
    }
	// in your XAML
	<WebView x:Name="AnimatedGIF" HorizontalOptions="Center" VerticalOptions="Center" WidthRequest="64" HeightRequest="64" BackgroundColor="#336699"></WebView>

	// in your CS (constructor)
	AnimatedGIF.Source = GifViewHelper.GetGifViewSource("my-animation.gif", AnimatedGIF.BackgroundColor);

	// the helper class
	public class GifViewHelper
	{
	public static HtmlWebViewSource GetGifViewSource(string filename, Color backgroundColour)
	{
	string background = GetHexString(backgroundColour);
	HtmlWebViewSource source = new HtmlWebViewSource();
	source.Html = string.Empty;
	string base64 = Convert.ToBase64String(File.ReadAllBytes(filename));
	string mimeType = "image/gif";
	source.Html = "<html><body style=\"margin:0px; padding:0px; background:" + background + ";\"><img src=\"data:" + mimeType + ";base64," + base64 + "\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"></body></html>";
	return source;
	}

	public static string GetHexString(Color color)
	{
	var red = (int)(color.R * 255);
	var green = (int)(color.G * 255);
	var blue = (int)(color.B * 255);
	var hex = $"#{red:X2}{green:X2}{blue:X2}";

	return hex;
	}
	}