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3 Approaches to Building Awesome Animations in React Native
Learn the different approaches to animating in React Native — and when to use each.
Animations are a great way to build engaging UX that brings a React Native app to life. Used correctly, animations can help your app feel more responsive and polished. They can also be used to help give your app a strong sense of style and personality.
But “animations” is a surprisingly broad topic in React Native — there are many different kinds of animations you might want to build in your app, and each kind has its own set of requirements. This means that the right tools for one kind of animation may not work for others. Picking the right tool for the effect you want to achieve is the first step in building a high-quality animation.
Many React Native apps will in fact use multiple types of animations and as a result, many different types of animation tools. For example, you might use one type of animation tool to animate a logo on a splash screen, and a different animation tool to transition the splash screen into your initial UI. In this article, we’ll explore some of the different kinds of animations you might want to build, and look at the tools you can use to implement them.
