How to draw a gif animation in java?

Question

I have some gif animated images (see sample image below)
and when I draw them with the graphics object, I am getting only the first image,
I know I can do this with JLabel (from other stackoverflow answers)
but I want to do that with the graphics object,
can anyone please tell me
an easy way how to draw the whole animation?

Solution

"please tell me an easy way how to draw the whole animation?!"

It may have to to do with how you're reading in the image. If you use ImageIO.read, it won't work. If you read it as an ImageIcon it seems to work

ImageIcon.getImage()

Image icon = new ImageIcon(new URL("http://i.stack.imgur.com/KSnus.gif")).getImage();
...
g.drawImage(icon, 20, 20, this);

Image with ImageIO

Image icon = ImageIO.read(new URL("http://i.stack.imgur.com/KSnus.gif"));
...
g.drawImage(icon, 20, 20, this);

Comments

[MadProgrammer]

Or, if you're really crazy (or mad), you can roll your own, like the example linked in the comments to OQ :P

[Paul Samsotha]

@MadProgrammer maybe you should change you SN to CrazyProgrammer :P

[Paul Samsotha]

I'll just be LazyProgrammer :)

[java-love]

@peeskillet thanks, it works but i have a funny situation, when I'm drawing the image like your example, the other image i load from my computer is also drawing, but when i comment it out the first one isn't drawing,: (

[Paul Samsotha]

@java-love Wait, so it's not one gif file? You want to animate multiple files into one animated image?

[java-love]

no i have the same file on my computer, and when i copy your code into the same class i have 2, 1+1 = 2,:)

[Paul Samsotha]

@java-love Can you post a simple runnable example replicating this. I may not be understanding what's happening.

[java-love]

where can i post code?

[Paul Samsotha]

@java-love click the edit link under your post. And below your current post description, just write EDIT and post your code below it.

[java-love]

Let’s make it simple, how do I load the image from my computer and not from the internet?

[Paul Samsotha]

@java-love OH ok, new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/resources/image.gif")).ge‌​tImage(); where resources is in your src.

[java-love]

thanks for saving me from MadProgrammer's answer,: )