allow gifs on native, just treat as images

src/lib/media/video/compress.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import {getVideoMetaData, Video} from 'react-native-compressor'
-import {ImagePickerAsset} from 'expo-image-picker'
+import {type ImagePickerAsset} from 'expo-image-picker'
 
-import {SUPPORTED_MIME_TYPES, SupportedMimeTypes} from '#/lib/constants'
-import {CompressedVideo} from './types'
+import {SUPPORTED_MIME_TYPES, type SupportedMimeTypes} from '#/lib/constants'
+import {type CompressedVideo} from './types'
 import {extToMime} from './util'
 
 const MIN_SIZE_FOR_COMPRESSION = 25 // 25mb

src/view/com/composer/SelectMediaButton.tsx

@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ enum SelectedAssetError {
   MaxVideos = 'MaxVideos',
   VideoTooLong = 'VideoTooLong',
   MaxGIFs = 'MaxGIFs',
-  NoGifsOnNative = 'NoGifsOnNative',
 }
 
 /**
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ function classifyImagePickerAsset(asset: ImagePickerAsset):
    * Distill this down into a type "class".
    */
   let type: AssetType | undefined
-  if (mimeType === 'image/gif') {
+  if (isWeb && mimeType === 'image/gif') {
     type = 'gif'
   } else if (mimeType?.startsWith('video/')) {
     type = 'video'
@@ -292,13 +291,6 @@ async function processImagePickerAssets(
       }
     }
 
-    if (type === 'gif') {
-      if (isNative) {
-        errors.add(SelectedAssetError.NoGifsOnNative)
-        continue
-      }
-    }
-
     /*
      * All validations passed, we have an asset!
      */
@@ -413,9 +405,6 @@ export function SelectMediaButton({
           [SelectedAssetError.MaxGIFs]: _(
             msg`You can only select one GIF at a time.`,
           ),
-          [SelectedAssetError.NoGifsOnNative]: _(
-            msg`GIFs are only supported on web at this time.`,
-          ),
         }[error]
       })
 

src/view/com/composer/photos/ImageAltTextDialog.tsx

@@ -96,13 +96,12 @@ const ImageAltTextInner = ({
         <View style={[t.atoms.bg_contrast_50, a.rounded_sm, a.overflow_hidden]}>
           <Image
             style={imageStyle}
-            source={{
-              uri: (image.transformed ?? image.source).path,
-            }}
+            source={{uri: (image.transformed ?? image.source).path}}
             contentFit="contain"
             accessible={true}
             accessibilityIgnoresInvertColors
             enableLiveTextInteraction
+            autoplay={false}
           />
         </View>
       </View>