Chapter 25: Using Animations

Animations can be used to improve the user experience in mobile applications. They usually help users to quickly recognize that something has changed, or help them focus on what is important. Also, animations are simply fun to look at.

There are a couple of different approaches for processing and controlling animations in React Native. Firstly, we will take a look at animation tools that we can use, discover their pros and cons, and compare them. And then we will implement several examples to get to know APIs better.

We'll cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • Using React Native Reanimated
  • Animating layout components
  • Animating styling components

Technical requirements

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