#animation

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 8, 2026

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 4, 2026

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)

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.

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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