App Menu --animated buttons. Is it possible?

[gmcgee]

I'd like to have a simple animation play within the app button. I don't see any other apps with this going on, so I doubt that its possible. But I thought I'd ask. Is it possible to do something similar to the animated gif buttons that you see on desktop computers?

[Duncan C]

Originally Posted by gmcgee

I'd like to have a simple animation play within the app button. I don't see any other apps with this going on, so I doubt that its possible. But I thought I'd ask. Is it possible to do something similar to the animated gif buttons that you see on desktop computers?

I don't think this is possible, unless you're running on a Jailbroken device. Those are static images.

[bachonk!]

Originally Posted by gmcgee

I'd like to have a simple animation play within the app button. I don't see any other apps with this going on, so I doubt that its possible. But I thought I'd ask. Is it possible to do something similar to the animated gif buttons that you see on desktop computers?

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the iphone sdk won't handle animated gifs, but one solution is to just have an animation of images for the button, and then check the touchesBegan, touchesEnded code to determine if the user "clicked" on that specific region.

I know it's a bit of a tough workaround, but an animated button will not work.