# Gif keyboard on iOS / Android

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/gif-keyboard-on-ios-android/16261>\
**Category:** Mobile Apps\
**Created:** [June 23, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/gif-keyboard-on-ios-android/16261 "2023-06-23T21:14:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jenkculture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@jenkculture](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/jenkculture)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/gif-keyboard-on-ios-android/16261/1 "2023-06-23T21:14:06Z")

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Not sure if I’m missing something but are gifs supported on the default iOS keyboard? I’m not seeing the option to search for gifs when using the iPad app. It’s there on desktop/web and works fine. On Android it seems to be dependent on which keyboard you’re using.

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**Author:** ![agriesser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/agriesser/32/5644_2.png) [@agriesser](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/agriesser)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/gif-keyboard-on-ios-android/16261/2 "2023-06-24T08:15:18Z")

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Hi @jenkculture and welcome to the Mattermost forums!

I don’t think they are, I can also not see custom emojis from the server here - but @elias is definitely able to provide a better answer.

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**Author:** ![elias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@elias](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/elias)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/gif-keyboard-on-ios-android/16261/3 "2023-06-26T13:38:30Z")

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Hey, so this is not a feature that is built into the app, what you get on Android is cause some Android keyboards like Gboard will have this feature included as part of the keyboard, thus the app will attach the gif as a file attachment for the post. iOS however does not have this feature built into the keyboard, thus is not available, on some apps like WhatApp they have extended they keyboard functionality to add a gif selector.

All that said I know there is a `/gif` slash command that should help you share gifs in your posts.

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**Author:** ![kananbrooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@kananbrooks](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/kananbrooks)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/gif-keyboard-on-ios-android/16261/4 "2024-11-25T09:03:08Z")

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Has anyone found a better way to use gif on mattermost for ios? I know[](https://instpro.net/)android keyboards like gboard work but it would be great to have a more seamless integration for ios too.

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**Author:** ![john.combs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/john.combs/32/7118_2.png) [@john.combs](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/john.combs)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/gif-keyboard-on-ios-android/16261/5 "2024-11-26T22:10:53Z")

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Hi Kanan, thanks for sharing your feedback! While Gboard on Android offers great GIF functionality, for iOS, we recommend using apps like Tenor or Giphy to copy and paste GIFs into Mattermost. It might not be the turnkey solution you were hoping for, but could be a workaround you can use for now.