How to Use Animations in Mobile Apps

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How to Use Animations in Mobile Apps

• Visual Feedback
• Visual feedback is crucial for any user
  interface. In the physical world, objects respond
  to our interactions with them. People expect a
  similar level of responsiveness from app
  elements. Visual as well as audible and haptic
  feedback from an app makes users feel in
  control.

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• Visual feedback also serves a more simple
  function it indicates that your app is working
  properly! When a button grows in size or a swiped
  image moves in a certain direction, its clear
  that the app is doing something, that its
  responding to the users input. In the example
  below, when a user checks the box to indicate
  that the task is complete, the block containing
  this data shrinks in size and changes its color
  to green. 99effect

Fun Animations Animation in a mobile app can be
used not only to induce interaction, but also to
create a certain atmosphere. In such a way you
can make the product more fun for users, evoke
certain emotions and promote the formation of an
identifiable brand. Eymockup
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• Animated onboarding screens
• Software developers understand the importance of
  the onboarding process. This helps first-time
  users to become familiar with the app theres a
  real risk people will abandon the app if they do
  not understand how to work with it.
• Showing static slides to users is a common
  approach to the onboarding experience, but
  animated walkthroughs are much more engaging.
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