我建议使用WebBrowser控件。

如果gif在网络上，你可以在XAML中设置源代码:

<WebBrowser Source="https://media.giphy.com/media/Ent2j55lyQipa/giphy.gif" />

如果它是一个本地文件，您可以从后台代码创建源代码。

XAML:

<WebBrowser x:Name="WebBrowser" />

后台代码:

private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    string curDir = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
    this.WebBrowser.Source = new Uri(String.Format("file:///{0}/10-monkey.gif", curDir));
}

基本上与上面的PictureBox解决方案相同，但这次使用了在项目中使用嵌入式资源的幕后代码:

在XAML:

<WindowsFormsHost x:Name="_loadingHost">
  <Forms:PictureBox x:Name="_loadingPictureBox"/>
</WindowsFormsHost>

在后台代码:

public partial class ProgressIcon
{
    public ProgressIcon()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        var stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("My.Namespace.ProgressIcon.gif");
        var image = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(stream);
        Loaded += (s, e) => _loadingPictureBox.Image = image;
    }
}

我有这个问题，直到我发现在WPF4，你可以模拟自己的关键帧图像动画。首先，将你的动画分割成一系列图像，并将它们命名为“Image1.gif”，“Image2,gif”，等等。将这些映像导入您的解决方案资源中。我假设您将它们放在图像的默认资源位置。

您将使用Image控件。使用下面的XAML代码。我已经去掉了不重要的部分。

<Image Name="Image1">
   <Image.Triggers>
      <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Image.Loaded"
         <EventTrigger.Actions>
            <BeginStoryboard>
               <Storyboard>
                   <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Duration="0:0:1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Source" RepeatBehavior="Forever">
                      <DiscreteObjectKeyFrames KeyTime="0:0:0">
                         <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
                            <BitmapImage UriSource="Images/Image1.gif"/>
                         </DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
                      </DiscreteObjectKeyFrames>
                     <DiscreteObjectKeyFrames KeyTime="0:0:0.25">
                        <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
                           <BitmapImage UriSource="Images/Image2.gif"/>
                        </DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
                     </DiscreteObjectKeyFrames>
                     <DiscreteObjectKeyFrames KeyTime="0:0:0.5">
                        <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
                           <BitmapImage UriSource="Images/Image3.gif"/>
                        </DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
                     </DiscreteObjectKeyFrames>
                     <DiscreteObjectKeyFrames KeyTime="0:0:0.75">
                        <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
                           <BitmapImage UriSource="Images/Image4.gif"/>
                        </DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
                     </DiscreteObjectKeyFrames>
                     <DiscreteObjectKeyFrames KeyTime="0:0:1">
                        <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
                           <BitmapImage UriSource="Images/Image5.gif"/>
                        </DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
                     </DiscreteObjectKeyFrames>
                  </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
               </Storyboard>
            </BeginStoryboard>
         </EventTrigger.Actions>
      </EventTrigger>
   </Image.Triggers>
</Image>

GifImage.Initialize()方法的小改进，该方法从GIF元数据中读取适当的帧定时。

    private void Initialize()
    {
        _gifDecoder = new GifBitmapDecoder(new Uri("pack://application:,,," + this.GifSource), BitmapCreateOptions.PreservePixelFormat, BitmapCacheOption.Default);

        int duration=0;
        _animation = new Int32AnimationUsingKeyFrames();
        _animation.KeyFrames.Add(new DiscreteInt32KeyFrame(0, KeyTime.FromTimeSpan(new TimeSpan(0))));
        foreach (BitmapFrame frame in _gifDecoder.Frames)
        {
            BitmapMetadata btmd = (BitmapMetadata)frame.Metadata;
            duration += (ushort)btmd.GetQuery("/grctlext/Delay");
            _animation.KeyFrames.Add(new DiscreteInt32KeyFrame(_gifDecoder.Frames.IndexOf(frame)+1, KeyTime.FromTimeSpan(new TimeSpan(duration*100000))));
        }            
         _animation.RepeatBehavior = RepeatBehavior.Forever;
        this.Source = _gifDecoder.Frames[0];            
        _isInitialized = true;
    }

在WPF中等待动画的替代方法是:

 <ProgressBar Height="20" Width="100" IsIndeterminate="True"/>

它将显示一个动画进度条。

上面的方法我都试过了，但每个方法都有自己的不足，感谢大家，我想出了自己的GifImage:

    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Windows.Controls;
    using System.Windows;
    using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
    using System.IO;
    using System.Windows.Threading;

    namespace IEXM.Components
    {
    public class GifImage : Image
    {
            #region gif Source, such as "/IEXM;component/Images/Expression/f020.gif"
            public string GifSource
            {
                    get { return (string)GetValue(GifSourceProperty); }
                    set { SetValue(GifSourceProperty, value); }
            }

            public static readonly DependencyProperty GifSourceProperty =
                    DependencyProperty.Register("GifSource", typeof(string),
                    typeof(GifImage), new UIPropertyMetadata(null, GifSourcePropertyChanged));

            private static void GifSourcePropertyChanged(DependencyObject sender,
                    DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
            {
                    (sender as GifImage).Initialize();
            }
            #endregion

            #region control the animate
            /// <summary>
            /// Defines whether the animation starts on it's own
            /// </summary>
            public bool IsAutoStart
            {
                    get { return (bool)GetValue(AutoStartProperty); }
                    set { SetValue(AutoStartProperty, value); }
            }

            public static readonly DependencyProperty AutoStartProperty =
                    DependencyProperty.Register("IsAutoStart", typeof(bool),
                    typeof(GifImage), new UIPropertyMetadata(false, AutoStartPropertyChanged));

            private static void AutoStartPropertyChanged(DependencyObject sender,
                    DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
            {
                    if ((bool)e.NewValue)
                            (sender as GifImage).StartAnimation();
                    else
                            (sender as GifImage).StopAnimation();
            }
            #endregion

            private bool _isInitialized = false;
            private System.Drawing.Bitmap _bitmap;
            private BitmapSource _source;

            [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
            public static extern bool DeleteObject(IntPtr hObject);

            private BitmapSource GetSource()
            {
                    if (_bitmap == null)
                    {
                            _bitmap = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(Application.GetResourceStream(
                                     new Uri(GifSource, UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute)).Stream);
                    }

                    IntPtr handle = IntPtr.Zero;
                    handle = _bitmap.GetHbitmap();

                    BitmapSource bs = System.Windows.Interop.Imaging.CreateBitmapSourceFromHBitmap(
                            handle, IntPtr.Zero, Int32Rect.Empty, BitmapSizeOptions.FromEmptyOptions());
                    DeleteObject(handle);
                    return bs;
            }

            private void Initialize()
            {
            //        Console.WriteLine("Init: " + GifSource);
                    if (GifSource != null)
                            Source = GetSource();
                    _isInitialized = true;
            }

            private void FrameUpdatedCallback()
            {
                    System.Drawing.ImageAnimator.UpdateFrames();

                    if (_source != null)
                    {
                            _source.Freeze();
                    }

               _source = GetSource();

              //  Console.WriteLine("Working: " + GifSource);

                    Source = _source;
                    InvalidateVisual();
            }

            private void OnFrameChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                    Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(DispatcherPriority.Normal, new Action(FrameUpdatedCallback));
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// Starts the animation
            /// </summary>
            public void StartAnimation()
            {
                    if (!_isInitialized)
                            this.Initialize();


             //   Console.WriteLine("Start: " + GifSource);

                    System.Drawing.ImageAnimator.Animate(_bitmap, OnFrameChanged);
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// Stops the animation
            /// </summary>
            public void StopAnimation()
            {
                    _isInitialized = false;
                    if (_bitmap != null)
                    {
                            System.Drawing.ImageAnimator.StopAnimate(_bitmap, OnFrameChanged);
                            _bitmap.Dispose();
                            _bitmap = null;
                    }
                    _source = null;
                    Initialize();
                    GC.Collect();
                    GC.WaitForFullGCComplete();

             //   Console.WriteLine("Stop: " + GifSource);
            }

            public void Dispose()
            {
                    _isInitialized = false;
                    if (_bitmap != null)
                    {
                            System.Drawing.ImageAnimator.StopAnimate(_bitmap, OnFrameChanged);
                            _bitmap.Dispose();
                            _bitmap = null;
                    }
                    _source = null;
                    GC.Collect();
                    GC.WaitForFullGCComplete();
               // Console.WriteLine("Dispose: " + GifSource);
            }
    }
}

用法:

<localComponents:GifImage x:Name="gifImage" IsAutoStart="True" GifSource="{Binding Path=value}" />

因为它不会导致内存泄漏，它动画gif图像自己的时间线，你可以尝试一下。