# Help needed! Adding gifs or any motion inside app **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [October 10, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978 "2020-10-10T07:48:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gideon\_Lahav\_Busines](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gideon_lahav_busines/32/41121_2.png) [@Gideon\_Lahav\_Busines](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Gideon_Lahav_Busines)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978/1 "2020-10-10T07:48:02Z")
Hello Gliders, How can I add a giff in my app? and, how to add video which will work automatically? Thanks, Gideon ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978/2 "2020-10-10T08:06:13Z")
Just upload a gif like how you add an image in an image picker, it will work normally in an image component. Video can either be entered as a link or via file picker. What do you mean when you say “work automatically”? ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978/3 "2020-10-10T08:43:50Z")
“a video which will work automatically” Possibly Gideon means that the video launches automatically as the screen impression happens, without having to tap “play”. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978/4 "2020-10-10T08:46:21Z")
I have always wanted something like that, or a GIF that serves as a video preview that would be played automatically. ---
**Author:** ![Deena](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/deena/32/9877_2.png) [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978/5 "2020-10-10T11:58:50Z")
On mobile the videos were auto playing until last week. It is my understanding from glide support that this is a change pushed by Apple. Very disappointing. I have asked glide support to see if they can have a way to override and make the videos auto play anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978/6 "2020-10-10T12:01:14Z")
The GIF in my app plays automatically on Android (haven’t tried iOS). [https://kh-apps.glideapp.io/](https://kh-apps.glideapp.io/) ---
**Author:** ![Deena](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/deena/32/9877_2.png) [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978/7 "2020-10-10T12:01:35Z")
Hi there! Yes gifs always “play”. They’re an animation on loop. You can’t turn them on and off. I was referring to the videos. ---
**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978/8 "2020-10-10T12:42:33Z")
Ah okay. If they don’t auto-play (and it’s an iOS issue, not Glide), then it might make sense to use a GIF as a preview for the video, then click the gif to open the video itself. Not as good as a video that plays automatically, but if it’s Apple saying it can’t be done on their devices, waiting for that to change may take a while. ---
**Author:** ![Gideon\_Lahav\_Busines](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gideon_lahav_busines/32/41121_2.png) [@Gideon\_Lahav\_Busines](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Gideon_Lahav_Busines)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978/9 "2020-10-11T10:24:28Z")
Like if I enter a new screan, and thier is a video / aoudio , I want it to play automatically without me needing to press the play button ---
**Author:** ![Gideon\_Lahav\_Busines](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gideon_lahav_busines/32/41121_2.png) [@Gideon\_Lahav\_Busines](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Gideon_Lahav_Busines)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978/10 "2020-10-11T10:24:55Z")
Yes!!! Can it be done? ---
**Author:** ![Gideon\_Lahav\_Busines](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gideon_lahav_busines/32/41121_2.png) [@Gideon\_Lahav\_Busines](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Gideon_Lahav_Busines)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978/11 "2020-10-11T10:26:40Z")
Thank yo so much!! ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 10:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/help-needed-adding-gifs-or-any-motion-inside-app/16978/12 "2020-10-11T10:33:07Z")
You have to use a gif, as Kyle said.