In this chapter, we started by understanding the basics of animations and easing as well as best practices to design your animations. Then, we looked into the LayoutAnimation API and looked at various simple and complex animations that can be achieved with it. We dived into React Native source code to understand how LayoutAnimation can be configured to achieve stunning results. Then, we continued focusing on the Animated API, which gives us much more flexibility and freedom to create any animation you want. After going through this chapter, you will now be confident enough to try and add some cool animations to your application.
This chapter concludes Part 2--Styling your React Native apps. We will start dealing with more complex apps from the next chapter, Chapter 7, Authenticating your app and fetching data, onward. In the next chapter, we will cover how to fetch actual...