Related: #130976

Help us understand the severity of this issue

• causing severe production issues e.g. malfunctions or data loss
• blocking next binary release
• blocking a client feature launch within a quarter
• nice-to-have but does not block a launch within the next quarter

Steps to reproduce

1. Load a GIF asset into ImageProvider/ImageStream via CachedNetworkImage.

Expected results

Either one of the following:

1. The ImageProvider/ImageStream library provides a way to disable any animation of the provided image.
2. MediaQuery.of(context).disableAnimations is respected by the ImageProvider/ImageStream library by default.

Actual results

1. Neither ImageProvider/ImageStream provide a way to disable animation of an image
2. MediaQuery.of(context).disableAnimations is not respected by the ImageProvider/ImageStream library.

Code sample

dependencies:
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter
  cached_network_image: ^3.3.1 # Use the latest version

import 'package:cached_network_image/cached_network_image.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() => runApp(const MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'GIF Loading with CachedNetworkImage',
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(title: const Text('Cached GIF')),
        body: Center(
          child: CachedNetworkImage(
            imageUrl:
                'https://media1.tenor.com/m/Ps_NnXFTyRYAAAAC/send-link-send.gif',
            placeholder: (context, url) => const CircularProgressIndicator(),
            errorWidget: (context, url, error) => const Icon(Icons.error),
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

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