GIFs from Gboard are sent as JPEG

[JoeMcNuggets]

• Android version: 14
• Device: Pixel 7
• Delta Chat version: 1.46.14
• Expected behavior: gifs from google board are sent as gifs
• Actual behavior: gifs from google board are sent as jpeg
• Steps to reproduce the problem:
  • install gboard
  • open delta chat
  • select and send gif via gboard

[adbenitez]

hi @JoeMcNuggets thanks for reporting, I just tried the steps you described but the GIFs look perfectly fine/animated to me and they have the proper .gif file name and mime type:

[adbenitez]

so maybe it is about the gboard version you are using? try upgrading, otherwise it is the specific GIFs files you are trying to use, then attach such GIF here so we can reproduce the problem, thanks in advance! 🙏

[JoeMcNuggets]

Yep, here's those GIFs: https://media.tenor.com/kfhNaQpcRokAAAAM/yakuza-goro.gif https://media.tenor.com/ZFiYeG5v1MQAAAAM/goro-majima.gif https://media.tenor.com/U5zAnZCFzJcAAAAM/stop-sign-reporter.gif But this one is just fine https://media.tenor.com/JZ59uOv1keIAAAAM/%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81.gif

On October 7, 2024, Dr Nic Williams ***@***.***> wrote: so maybe it is about the gboard version you are using? try upgrading, otherwise it is the specific GIFs files you are trying to use, then attach such GIF here so we can reproduce the problem, thanks in advance! 🙏

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[adbenitez]

thanks I could reproduce now, only if I attach it from Gboard (I searched for "goro majima") but if I directly attach the GIF file using the attachment selector then the gif is sent fine,

it seems to be related to the file size, since the GIF is too big it seems Delta Chat core is compressing it and converting it to JPEG, I don't know why it only happens when the image comes from the Gboard keyboard tho, it is likely related to:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48108889/gboard-enable-gif-insertion-on-edittext#48184426

[JoeMcNuggets]

btw, sometimes Gboard says something like "this app does not support pasting gifs". Maybe it can help