Top 10 Flutter Animation Packages to Make the UI Feel More Intuitive
Animations have the power to make your app feel more alive and intuitive. Well-designed animations give your app a visual edge with a smooth and professional UI appearance.
So, if you are planning to add animations to your Flutter application, this article will help you in figuring out the best Flutter animation packages for high-level interfaces.
Top Flutter animation packages
1. Animations
These are the official high-quality pre-built animation for commonly used effects. The animation can be tweaked to your content and applied to the UI.
The material motion is the set of transition patterns that assist users to understand and navigate an application.
Benefits of using the Animations package
Best for adding smooth transition patterns for user navigation.
For adding motion system animation in your app.
Material motion defines the following transition patterns.
Container transform
Shared axis
Fade trough
Fade
1. Container transform
It is designed for the transition between UI elements that include a container.
2. Shared axis
The shared axis transition pattern is used for transition between UI elements that have spatial or navigation relationships.
3. Fade through
The pattern is used for transition between UI elements that do not have a strong relationship with each other.
4. Fade
The pattern is used for UI elements that enter and exit within the screen bounds.
Installation:
Run the following command.
$ flutter pub add animations
It will add a line to your package’s pubspec.yaml.
dependencies:
animations: ^2.0.2
Import the package in your dart code.
import 'package:animations/animations.dart';
The package helps you to display simple yet beautiful skeleton loaders on UI which gives a pleasant loading experience. It is used by default in the skeleton loaders or placeholder widgets by the developer community.
Installation:
Run the following command
$ flutter pub add animations
It will add a line to your package’s pubspec.yaml.
dependencies:
shimmer_animation: ^2.1.0+1
Import the package in your dart code.
import 'package:shimmer_animation/shimmer_animation.dart';
With simple_animation, developers can create bespoke animations in no time using stateless widgets. The package is fully tested, well documented, and ready to use in enterprise applications. With the package, developers can animate multiple properties at once and with Timeline Twin.
Installation:
Run the following command
$ flutter pub add simple_animations
It will add a line to your package’s pubspec.yaml.
dependencies:
simple_animations: ^4.0.1
Import the package in your dart code.
import 'package:simple_animations/simple_animations.dart';
It is a useful package that lets you add ListView, GridView, Column, and Row children as per the material design principles.
Installation:
Run the following command
$ flutter pub add flutter_staggered_animations
It will add a line to your package’s pubspec.yaml.
dependencies:
flutter_staggered_animations: ^1.0.0
Import the package in your dart code.
import'package:flutter_staggered_animations/flutter_staggered_animations.dart';
This curved navigation bar package can be used for any mobile application. You can adjust the navigation bar color, background, and animation curve. Also, it comes with a customizable animation to perfectly fit your app.
Installation:
Run the following command
$ flutter pub add curved_navigation_bar
It will add a line to your package’s pubspec.yaml.
dependencies:
curved_navigation_bar: ^1.0.3
Import the package in your dart code.
import 'package:curved_navigation_bar/curved_navigation_bar.dart';
6. Spring
Spring is a simple yet powerful pre-built animation kit for creating applications faster. It is used to add intriguing motion effects like pop, shake and flip to your widgets. The motion helps to improve app usability.
Installation:
Run the following command
$ flutter pub add spring
It will add a line to your package’s pubspec.yaml.
dependencies:
spring: ^2.0.2
Import the package in your dart code.
import 'package:spring/spring.dart';
The library contains a collection of some amazing test animations. It supports Rotate, Fade, Typer, Typewriter, Scale, Colorize, TextLiquidFill, Wavy, Flicker, and Custom animations.
Installation:
Run the following command
$ flutter pub add animated_text_kit
It will add a line to your package’s pubspec.yaml.
dependencies:
animated_text_kit: ^4.2.1
Import the package in your dart code.
import 'package:animated_text_kit/animated_text_kit.dart';
8. Sprung
Sprung is an easy-to-consume curve that uses real physics equations to drive your animations. Sprung has three opinionated curves,
Sprung.underDamped
Sprung.criticallyDamped
Sprung.overDamped
Installation:
Run the following command
$ flutter pub add sprung
It will add a line to your package’s pubspec.yaml.
dependencies:
sprung: ^3.0.0
Import the package in your dart code.
import 'package:sprung/sprung.dart';
The package is optimized for MVVM architecture using **Bloc. **It include following Widgets,
TranslationAnimatedWidget
OpacityAnimatedWidget
RotationAnimatedWidget
ScaleAnimatedWidget
SizeAnimatedWidget
Installation:
Run the following command
$ flutter pub add animated_widgets
It will add a line to your package’s pubspec.yaml.
dependencies:
animated_widgets: ^1.1.0
Import the package in your dart code.
import 'package:animated_widgets/animated_widgets.dart';
The widget is inspired by the Lottie animation and can be used to animate another widget such as a profile, image, or anything else with simple modern animation to build UI better. Moreover, it is customizable according to your app use case and also supports flutter curves-animation.
Installation:
Run the following command
$ flutter pub add widget_circular_animator
It will add a line to your package’s pubspec.yaml.
dependencies:
widget_circular_animator: ^1.0.0
Import the package in your dart code.
import 'package:widget_circular_animator/widget_circular_animator.dart';
That’s all about the best Flutter animation packages, hope you find this article useful. If you think I missed any package here, feel free to leave a suggestion.
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