{"id":4748,"date":"2018-05-03T16:38:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T13:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tubikstudio.com\/?p=4748"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:41:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T11:41:39","slug":"ux-design-how-to-use-animations-in-mobile-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tubikstudio.com\/blog\/ux-design-how-to-use-animations-in-mobile-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"UX Design: How to Use Animations in Mobile Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

In UX design, app animations present the area for endless creative search as well as one of the objects for hot debates. In today’s article, we are going to consider\u00a0how to\u00a0use animation in mobile\u00a0app design to provide positive user experience and smooth interactions.<\/span><\/p>\n

As everything integrated into an interface, app animations must be a functional element rather than decor. Motion elements should be considered from the very start of planning a user journey. Designing animations, you need to analyze their influence on usability and desirability of the app – and if you cannot see a real positive impact, reconsider the approach. The advantages and utility of motion in the interaction process have to be obvious and outweigh possible pitfalls. Good UI animation is a cherry on top. Let’s review the most popular types that are checked to enhance the mobile user interface.<\/span><\/p>\n

Feedback Animation<\/span><\/h2>\n

Feedback animation informs the user that a particular action is done or failed. The animation of this kind keeps the line of communication between the user and the app even in basic operations. Somehow, it imitates interaction with real objects in the physical world. For example, when you press a real button, you feel the strength put into this action and the resistance of the button<\/a>. In a mobile app, it’s impossible: you just tap the screen and do not have the physical feedback of that kind. That is why interacting with sensor screens, we tackle vibrations and visual signs to get the response from the app. And this is when UI animation saves the game. Animated buttons, toggles, switches, tick or cross signs quickly inform the user if the action is done.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, here’s the Cinema App flow of interactions on buying tickets. The transition from the showings screen to the choice of seat is made through the animation of the movie poster: the screen transforms into the picture of the movie hall. Pressing the desired seats, the user can see how the buttons change the color and understand that the system accepted the data. The animation of the tick sign marks the finalization of the process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another example can be seen in the interactions for the Watering Tracker<\/a> app: having watered the plant, a user hits the button and it changes the image from drops to tick marking out that the needed action is done.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Even with basic navigation, mobile\u00a0UI animations may add not only feedback but also fun. Check this concept of an expandable button: with a pinch of motion, it imitates physical interaction with a substance like jelly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Progress Animation<\/span><\/h2>\n

If the process of interaction is a bit longer and users have to wait, they would prefer to understand what’s going on and what’s the progress. The biggest advantage of this animated interaction is providing assurance for the users, making them aware and confident in the process of using the product. A confident user means positive user experience and provides a good ground for the high level of user retaining. Animation of progress bars, timelines, and other dynamic elements can kill several birds with one stone:<\/span><\/p>\n