Android GIF transparent background disappears

Question

I'm new to Android Java programming. For a project I need transparent images, which change dynamically. I have created a layout with an ImageView. And in it a small GIF USA flag GIF with a transparent background.

In code I connect the variable to the imageview and assign the same image to the variable from the ImageResources

ImageView image = (ImageView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.listview_image);
image.setImageResource(R.drawable.vlag);

This goes pretty well however the image is displayed with a white background. The transparency is lost. This is shown in the image below by the white background.

Answer 1

GIF over ImageView are always an issue. Use GIFImageView

And you must use it this way:

 gifImageView = (GifImageView) findViewById(R.id.gifImageView);
 gifImageView.setBytes(bytes);
 gifImageView.startAnimation();

Even it has an option to download the gif from the web.