Three Approaches to Animations on Android
summary
Compares three concrete techniques for the same pencil animation: hand-coded Android animations (view animation, property/ObjectAnimator and AnimatedVectorDrawable) that let code control pivots and touch positions, animator affects touch position, Airbnb Lottie rendering a designer-exported JSON from After Effects with runtime color and progress callbacks, Lottie via After Effects JSON, and full-motion video played with ExoPlayer compressed from 1.8 MB to about a tenth via H.264 settings, compress H.264 main profile. Recommends using combinations when you need precise timing or brand-accurate visuals.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 1:03App overview and animations
- 2:48Animation tools overview
- 3:51Android framework animations
- 8:23Pencil animation demo
- 14:27Lotty library explained
- 17:14Dynamic Lotty properties
- 25:24Video animations in apps
- 31:02Video benefits and pitfalls
- 33:10Recommendations summary
- 36:18Combining animation methods
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