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Dumb Phone Mode Toggle with Animation for iOS: the App Store logo as a glossy glass icon on a purple and blue gradient with floating bubbles
Guides 7 min read

Dumb Phone Mode Toggle with Animation for iOS

Build a dumb phone mode toggle for iOS: a deliberate SwiftUI switch animation, a stripped minimal launcher, plus the supported way to drive grayscale and Focus.

Lawrence Arya · June 27, 2026
Apple Intelligence Glow Border Effect Code for iOS: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 8 min read

Apple Intelligence Glow Border Effect Code for iOS

Recreate the Apple Intelligence glow border in SwiftUI with an animated angular-gradient stroke or a Metal shader. Here is the code, the tradeoffs, and the limits.

Lawrence Arya · June 18, 2026
BankID Sweden Login Animation in React Native: the App Store logo on a glass tile over a blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 7 min read

BankID Sweden Login Animation in React Native

Build the BankID Sweden login animation in React Native with Reanimated while keeping real auth in the official, certified flow. Here is the code and the rules.

Lawrence Arya · June 18, 2026
Cat Laser Pointer Game with Auto-Move for iOS: a glass photo icon surrounded by chat, music, heart, camera and shopping app icons on a pastel gradient
Guides 8 min read

Cat Laser Pointer Game with Auto-Move for iOS

Build a cat laser pointer game with auto-move for iOS in SpriteKit: randomized prey paths, haptics on catch, and honest, cat-friendly safety guards.

Lawrence Arya · June 18, 2026
Tarot Card Shuffle Animation in SwiftUI: Make It Feel Real: a reflective 3D App Store icon on a blue and purple gradient
Guides 10 min read

Tarot Card Shuffle Animation in SwiftUI: Make It Feel Real

In a tarot app the shuffle is the ritual, and the ritual is the product. Here is the SwiftUI choreography: stagger, arcs, springs, and an honest draw.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Tinder swipe card animation in React Native with Reanimated: a phone toggle icon surrounded by location, calendar, settings, wallet and chart app icons on a coral gradient
Guides 10 min read

Tinder swipe card animation in React Native with Reanimated

Build a Tinder-style swipe card in React Native with Reanimated and Gesture Handler. Here is the core gesture, the snap logic, and the bugs to avoid.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Tinder super like star animation in React Native (Reanimated): a glass iPhone UI wireframe icon on a holographic purple gradient
Guides 10 min read

Tinder super like star animation in React Native (Reanimated)

Build a Tinder super like star burst in React Native with Reanimated. Here is the burst, how to wire it to the like action, and when to use Lottie instead.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Vagus nerve breathing pacer UI in SwiftUI: a calm build: a glossy App Store icon on a blue, pink and orange gradient with bubbles
Guides 10 min read

Vagus nerve breathing pacer UI in SwiftUI: a calm build

Build a breathing pacer in SwiftUI: a circle that breathes, a phase timer, optional HealthKit logging, and honest, accessible wellness copy.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Voice interrupt animation in React Native: barge-in UI: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 10 min read

Voice interrupt animation in React Native: barge-in UI

Build a voice interrupt (barge-in) animation in React Native with Reanimated. Here are the four states, the audio-reactive orb, and the interrupt logic.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Wheel of fortune spinning animation in React Native (Reanimated): the App Store logo as a glossy glass icon on a purple and blue gradient with floating bubbles
Guides 10 min read

Wheel of fortune spinning animation in React Native (Reanimated)

Build a wheel of fortune spin in React Native with SVG and Reanimated. The key: choose the winning segment first, then animate the wheel to land on it.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
WHOOP strain gauge chart in React Native with Skia: the App Store logo as a glossy glass icon on a purple and blue gradient with floating bubbles
Guides 10 min read

WHOOP strain gauge chart in React Native with Skia

Build a WHOOP-style strain gauge in React Native with react-native-skia: a gradient arc, rounded caps, a glow, and a sweep animated to the value with Reanimated.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Build a Swipe-to-Buy Button Animation in React Native: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 6 min read

Build a Swipe-to-Buy Button Animation in React Native

A swipe-to-buy button slides to confirm a purchase, preventing accidental taps. Here is how to build the animation in React Native with Reanimated and gestures.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Apple Intelligence Siri Overlay Clone in SwiftUI: the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 5 min read

Apple Intelligence Siri Overlay Clone in SwiftUI

The system overlay has no API, but the grammar is buildable: layered gradient strokes, a layerEffect shader for the fluid motion, and a glow that tells the truth.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
iMessage Reply Bubble Physics in SwiftUI: The Real Spring: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 5 min read

iMessage Reply Bubble Physics in SwiftUI: The Real Spring

Animate scale and offset not the frame, one restrained spring with sent springier than received, and a tail only on the last bubble of a run.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Interactive Solar System 3D Viewer in SwiftUI: a phone toggle icon surrounded by location, calendar, settings, wallet and chart app icons on a coral gradient
Guides 5 min read

Interactive Solar System 3D Viewer in SwiftUI

RealityView entities, orbits as pivot rotations, NASA textures, and the scale cheat you must pick on purpose: the 3D solar system that stays smooth.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
iOS Context Menu Long-Press Blur in SwiftUI: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 6 min read

iOS Context Menu Long-Press Blur in SwiftUI

The native .contextMenu gives the lift, blur, and haptic for free. Build custom only when it is not a menu, and drive all three layers from one spring.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Live-Stream Tip Shower Animation in React Native: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 6 min read

Live-Stream Tip Shower Animation in React Native

The gift rain is a business mechanic, not decoration: UI-thread particles, value encoded in spectacle, and a shower that only plays once the payment confirms.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Live-Tracking Map Marker Animation in React Native: the App Store logo on a glass tile over a blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 6 min read

Live-Tracking Map Marker Animation in React Native

The feed is a heartbeat; the animation makes it continuous. Interpolate between updates, rotate to bearing, keep the marker off React state, and keep the ETA honest.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Loyalty Punch-Card Stamp Animation in SwiftUI: the App Store logo as a glossy glass icon on a purple and blue gradient with floating bubbles
Guides 6 min read

Loyalty Punch-Card Stamp Animation in SwiftUI

The stamp is the product: a spring with overshoot, a resting tilt, and a haptic thunk, on a count the server owns and the merchant grants.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
AI Pin Style Voice Interface Animation in SwiftUI: Guide: a glass iPhone UI wireframe icon on a holographic purple gradient
Guides 5 min read

AI Pin Style Voice Interface Animation in SwiftUI: Guide

Building an AI Pin style voice orb in SwiftUI: TimelineView plus Canvas, mic-driven RMS levels, five truthful states, captions, and Reduce Motion support.

Lawrence Arya · June 4, 2026
Duolingo-Style Progress Ring Animation on iOS (SwiftUI): the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 5 min read

Duolingo-Style Progress Ring Animation on iOS (SwiftUI)

A Duolingo-style progress ring is one trimmed circle, animated. Here is the SwiftUI pattern, the rounded-cap detail, and how to drive it without redrawing.

Lawrence Arya · June 4, 2026
How to Create Animated React Components Easily: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Workflows 5 min read

How to Create Animated React Components Easily

Animating React components is easy when you animate the right properties and lean on a library. Here is the simple path, the 60fps rule, and how to prompt AI for it.

Lawrence Arya · June 4, 2026
Rive Animation as a React Component, Built With AI: a reflective 3D App Store icon on a blue and purple gradient
Guides 6 min read

Rive Animation as a React Component, Built With AI

Wire a Rive interactive animation into a React component driven by real props and state, not just playback, starting from a free VP0 design you copy into Cursor.

Lawrence Arya · June 2, 2026
Wheel of Fortune Spinner UI Template for iOS: the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 4 min read

Wheel of Fortune Spinner UI Template for iOS

A free SwiftUI spinner pattern: a smooth spin that lands fairly on a segment, with disclosed odds, Reduce Motion support, and no pay-to-spin. A reward, not gambling.

Lawrence Arya · June 2, 2026