Tenor Android Demo - Gif Download

This demo shows how to create a Uri using Glide and the GIF url provided by Tenor.

Creating a Uri from a GIF Url

To create a Uri using the GIF url provided by Tenor's API Response, the GIF content needs to be first stored in the file sytem of a phone. The GifDownloader class show in details on how this process is being done. You can change the GIF storage location by modifying/overriding the getGifDestination(), getGifStorageDir() and generateUniqueGifFileName() method in the GifDownloader class.

MimeType

The file of GIF content created using GifDownloader is set to be image/gif. This is done by setting the suffix of the file name returned by generateUniqueGifFileName() with .gif.

Committing GIF Content to an App

Google provides some excellent code snippets on how to commit GIF content to an app:

/**
 * Commits a GIF image
 *
 * @param contentUri Content URI of the GIF image to be sent
 * @param imageDescription Description of the GIF image to be sent
 */
public static void commitGifImage(Uri contentUri, String imageDescription) {
    InputContentInfoCompat inputContentInfo = new InputContentInfoCompat(
            contentUri,
            new ClipDescription(imageDescription, new String[]{"image/gif"}));
    InputConnection inputConnection = getCurrentInputConnection();
    EditorInfo editorInfo = getCurrentInputEditorInfo();
    Int flags = 0;
    if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 25) {
        flags |= InputConnectionCompat.INPUT_CONTENT_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION;
    }
    InputConnectionCompat.commitContent(
            inputConnection, editorInfo, inputContentInfo, flags, opts);
}

Google's full examples and explanations are available in here.