As we build our application, we need to focus on the user experience (UX). One part of it is animations that make our screens more vibrant and provide instant feedback on the actions. If you played with our application on your own, you could see that when you click the like/dislike icon, it makes a little blink. That effect comes out of the box with TouchableOpacity. It's time to learn how we can implement such features on our own.
React Native animated
What are animations?
When I first read the Animated library documentation I freaked out. There are so many new words that you will need to get used to. Instead of diving right into them, let's understand what animations really are.
Animation is a change to a component...
