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Android Animation
We track 14 Android Animation case studies from 9 engineering teams. PickMe, Kasikornbank and Airbnb write about it most. Many posts also cover Jetpack Compose and UI Performance. The posts run from 2017 to 2026. The newest is from October 2026.
Android Animation articles 1–14 of 14
Bring 3D to Life in Flutter with flutter_scene and Flutter GPU
Amorn Apichattanakul built a 3D hotel tour in Flutter and discovered the hard truth: one demo ran at 120fps, the other barely hit 25fps. Here's what actually works for 3D in production apps.
Building Arrive's Confetti in React Native with Reanimated
Joel Besada from Shopify reveals how they built a delightful confetti animation in React Native that runs at 60 FPS without blocking the JavaScript thread. The secret? Declarative animations that execute entire...
From GIFs to Lottie: Mastering Lottie Animations in Android with Jetpack Compose
Pavithra Chamod J from PickMe Engineering makes the case: if you're still using GIFs for Android animations, you're leaving performance and control on the table. Lottie animations offer vector-based crispness, ...
From Idea to Reality: Behind Flip Slip, 3-Finger Capture, and the Pinch-to-Zoom PoC #MAKEbyKBank
Weera Youngnam from KBTG turned a personal pain point into a feature that caught executive attention. His journey from gyroscope experiments to production reveals how small PoCs can create outsized impact.
From PNGs to GIFs: Mastering Animated Images in Android with Coil
Pavithra Chamod J from PickMe Engineering tackles a common Android performance trap: GIFs that look great but silently drain memory and tank your UI responsiveness.
Building a Dynamic Curve Spinner in Jetpack Compose
Sanath Sajeeva Kumara from PickMe just dropped a stunning tutorial that turns mathematical curves into mesmerizing loading animations. Who knew trigonometry could look this good in production Android apps?
Exploring the Rotate Button Composable in Jetpack Compose
Sanath Sajeeva Kumara from PickMe breaks down a custom Jetpack Compose button that rotates in 3D space and morphs colors on touch. This isn't your standard Material button.
Lottie vs Rive: Optimizing Mobile App Animation
Animations can make or break your app's performance. Choosing between Lottie and Rive isn't just about features: it's about understanding the tradeoffs that impact your users' experience.
Animate on a Path with Android Jetpack Compose UI
Phil Boyd from OkCupid shows how to build smooth path animations in Jetpack Compose using just high school math. No complex animation libraries required.
Checkmate on Compose Part 2
Zsolt Kocsi discovered that Jetpack Compose's lack of shared element transitions wasn't a limitation. It was an opportunity to build something better.
Motion Engineering at Scale
Airbnb was shipping hundreds of features, but custom animations were getting cut due to complexity. Their solution? A declarative framework that reduced transition code from hundreds of lines to just a few.
Building High-Performance Mobile Applications at Netflix
Netflix hosted their first mobile engineering event to tackle a problem every mobile team faces: building performant apps on resource-constrained devices.
Implementing Twitter's App Loading Animation In React Native
Ever wonder how Twitter's delightful logo-to-app loading animation actually works? Eli White reverse-engineered it and the solution is counterintuitive.
Using Native Driver For Animated
Your React Native animations are probably running on the wrong thread. Here's how one config flag can eliminate frame drops when JavaScript gets blocked.