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Animated image is a type of image where the single image is composed of set of image frames. One of the most popular animated image format is GIF89a format. MIDP3.0 adds support to this format. There is a new class “javax.microedition.lcdui.AnimatedImage” which can be used to render these animated images.

Create an animated image

AnimatedImage img = (AnimatedImage)Image.createImage("animate.gif");

Display an animated image

Graphics.drawImage(img, 0, 0, Graphics.LEFT + Graphics.TOP);

Class AnimatedImage also gives following methods to get information of the image.

getFrame(int index): Image frame at the specified index.
getFrameCount(): Number of frames in an AnimatedImage.
getFrameDelay(int index): Frame delay in milliseconds of the specified frame.
getLoopCount(): Number of times the animation should be repeated.

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