TextDrawable vs GifImageView

TextDrawable

This light-weight library provides images with letter/text like the Gmail app. It extends the Drawable class thus can be used with existing/custom/network ImageView classes. Also included is a fluent interface for creating drawables and a customizable ColorGenerator. (by amulyakhare)

ImageView Widget

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GifImageView

Android ImageView that handles animated GIF images (by felipecsl)

ImageView Widget Android Animation GIF

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TextDrawable		GifImageView
	Project
2	Mentions	-
3,163	Stars	1,162
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	1.1
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
Java	Language	Kotlin
MIT License	License	MIT License

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TextDrawable

Posts with mentions or reviews of TextDrawable. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

Total newcomer - can some help me use this script to generate a simple icon for gmail/google?
1 project | /r/github | 21 Jan 2023

This program seems to be able to generate this: https://github.com/amulyakhare/TextDrawable
How to use ShapeableImageView in Android
1 project | /r/androiddev | 18 May 2021

GifImageView

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We haven't tracked posts mentioning GifImageView yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing TextDrawable and GifImageView you can also consider the following projects:

CircleImageView - A circular ImageView for Android

subsampling-scale-image-view - Android library (AAR). Highly configurable, easily extendable deep zoom view for displaying huge images without loss of detail. Perfect for photo galleries, maps, building plans etc.

gesture-imageview - Implements pinch-zoom, rotate, pan as an ImageView for Android 2.1+

android-shape-imageview - Custom shaped android imageview components

CircularImageView - Custom view for circular images in Android while maintaining the best draw performance

TouchImageView - Adds touch functionality to Android ImageView.

SelectableRoundedImageView - Android ImageView that supports different radii on each corner.

PhotoView - Implementation of ImageView for Android that supports zooming, by various touch gestures.

avatar-android - Rounded and Squared Avatar for Android Applications

gif-movie-view - Android View widget for displaying GIF animations.