Animation in Compose

See how to animate state values, using transitions, animating visibility or size changes and crossfades by using the Compose animation APIs.

Key points

  • The animate*AsState API is useful for animating a single value based on a state change.
  • To animate multiple values at the same time, create a transition with the updateTransition function.
    • You can declare each animation value with an extension function on the transition object.
  • To customize the animation behavior, specify the transitionSpec parameter.
  • AnimatedVisibility is useful for animating appearance and disappearance.
  • Customize animation behavior by specifying parameters for enter and exit.
  • To animate size changes of elements, use the animateContentSize modifier.
  • To animate changes when you swap out portions of your UI, use the Crossfade composable.

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