Implicit animations
With Flutter's animation library,
you can add motion and create visual effects
for the widgets in your UI.
One part of the library is an assortment of widgets
that manage animations for you.
These widgets are collectively referred to as implicit animations,
or implicitly animated widgets, deriving their name from the
ImplicitlyAnimatedWidget
class that they implement.
The following set of resources provide many ways to learn
about implicit animations in Flutter.
Documentation
#- Implicit animations codelab
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Jump right into the code! This codelab uses interactive examples and step-by-step instructions to teach you how to use implicit animations.
AnimatedContainersample-
A step-by-step recipe for using the
AnimatedContainerimplicitly animated widget. -
ImplicitlyAnimatedWidgetAPI page All implicit animations extend the
ImplicitlyAnimatedWidgetclass.
Flutter in Focus videos
#Flutter in Focus videos feature 5-10 minute tutorials with real code that cover techniques that every Flutter dev needs to know from top to bottom. The following videos cover topics that are relevant to implicit animations.
The Boring Show
#Watch the Boring Show to follow Google Engineers build apps from scratch in Flutter. The following episode covers using implicit animations in a news aggregator app.
Widget of the Week videos
#A weekly series of short animated videos each showing the important features of one particular widget. In about 60 seconds, you'll see real code for each widget with a demo about how it works. The following Widget of the Week videos cover implicitly animated widgets:
{% assign videoUrl = animatedUrls[forloop.index0] %}
{% assign videoUrl = animatedUrls[forloop.index0] %}
{% assign videoUrl = animatedUrls[forloop.index0] %}
{% assign videoUrl = animatedUrls[forloop.index0] %}
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