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How and when to use animations

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How and when to use animations

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- [Instructor] Animations and mobile applications are one of those things that most developers, and even some designers, know exist, but don't really understand when to use. As such, they generally are not used all that often. This makes it important to understand their purpose, if they are to be taken advantage of. Let's look at Google's view on it, when it comes to material design. They say, "Motion focuses attention and maintains continuity through subtle feedback and coherent transitions." In other words, animations are to focus the user's attention, and give the user information, when the screen is changing. "As elements appear on the screen, they transform and reorganize the environment with the interactions generating new transformations." Once again, giving the idea, that animations are for conveying information to the user as they view and interact with the application. Google goes on to say, the animations are…

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