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title: "Animations"
description: "Creating smooth, performant animations in React Native and React applications"
url: https://www.callstack.com/insights/react-native-animations
updated: 2026-10-22T13:55:51.398Z
---

# Animations

Creating smooth, performant animations in React Native and React applications

Animations are crucial for creating engaging user experiences across mobile and web platforms. Learn how to implement smooth, native-feeling animations using React Native's Animated API, React-Native-Reanimated, and web animation techniques that perform well across different devices.

## Articles, podcasts, events and case studies

- [React Native Ease: Platform-Native Animations Without the Extra Work](https://www.callstack.com/podcasts/react-native-ease-platform-native-animations-without-the-extra-work) (podcast, 7/8/2026): Łukasz talks with Janic from App & Flow about React Native Ease, Core Animation, Reanimated trade-offs, and performant UI animation in React Native.
- [Where Reanimated Goes Next](https://www.callstack.com/podcasts/where-reanimated-goes-next) (podcast, 7/7/2026): A conversation with Bartłomiej Błoniarz on CSS animations in Reanimated, native primitives on iOS, shared element transitions, and the work still left on stability.
- [Reanimated, TanStack, Cross-Pollinating Languages & TWIR #256 Anniversary](https://www.callstack.com/events/build-complex-animations-without-killing-performance-with-reanimated-4) (Event, 10/30/2025): Catch up on everything from TanStack updates and Astro insights to Reanimated deep dive and even Swift for Android. Plus, we celebrate the 256th newsletter!
- [How to Make Your React (Native) App Feel Native](https://www.callstack.com/events/how-to-make-your-react-native-app-feel-native) (Event, 4/16/2025): How to make your React Native app feel truly native, across iOS, Android, tvOS & more. Dive into best practices, navigation, and react-native-bottom-tabs.
- [Reanimated 4 is the Future of Smooth React Native Animations](https://www.callstack.com/podcasts/reanimated-4-is-the-future-of-smooth-react-native-animations) (podcast, 2/19/2025): Reanimated 4 is now available in beta, and if you work with animations in React Native, you need to know what’s new!
- [Remotion and Animations in React Native](https://www.callstack.com/podcasts/remotion-and-animations-in-react-native) (podcast, 1/31/2023): Discover all you need to know about Remotion and animations in React Native from this episode of React Universe On Air with our guest - Jonny Burger.
- [A Deep Dive Into React Native Reanimated v1](https://www.callstack.com/blog/react-native-reanimated-v1) (Article, 10/11/2021): Read the article to learn more about what React Native Reanimated is, how it works under the hood, and what idea stands behind the library.
- [ReanimatedArc - Build Circular Animated UI Elements in React Native](https://www.callstack.com/blog/reanimatedarc-build-circular-animated-ui-elements-in-react-native) (Article, 4/15/2020): Build good-looking and smooth animated arcs in React Native with ReanimatedArc library.
- [Custom Screen Transitions in React Navigation](https://www.callstack.com/blog/custom-screen-transitions-in-react-navigation) (Article, 10/25/2019): Wondering how to custom a screen transition animation in React Navigation? Check this step-by-step guide.
- [Reanimating Your React Native Experience](https://www.callstack.com/blog/reanimating-your-react-native-experience) (Article, 8/8/2018): Read how to achieve delightful developer experience with react-native-gesture and react-native-animated.
- [React Native Animations Revisited - Part III](https://www.callstack.com/blog/react-native-animations-revisited-part-3-how-to-handle-gestures-with-panresponder) (Article, 1/17/2017): Learn how to respond to screen gestures with PanResponder. Check the last part of our Callstack series on React Native animations!
- [React Native Animations Revisited - Part II](https://www.callstack.com/blog/react-native-animations-revisited-part-2-amazing-animated-api) (Article, 1/10/2017): In this part of the three-part guide about animations in React Native we cover creating animations with Animated API.
- [React Native Animations Revisited - Part I](https://www.callstack.com/blog/react-native-animations-revisited-part-1-simple-and-pretty-layoutanimation) (Article, 1/4/2017): Three-part guide for developers explaining how to deal with animations in React Native - Part 1.

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