Summary
In this chapter, we've learned how to use the React Native Reanimated library to add animations to the layout and components. We've gone through the basic principles of the library and found out how it works under the hood and how it executes code inside the UI thread without using Bridge to connect JavaScript and Native layers of the app.
We also went through two examples using the React Native Reanimated library. In the first example, we learned how to apply a layout animation using predefined declarative animations to get our component to appear and disappear beautifully. In the second example, we animated the button's styles with the useSharedValue and useAnimatedStyle hooks.
Skills to animate components and layout will help you make your app more beautiful and responsive. In the next chapter, we'll learn about controlling images in our apps.