Motion on Native

Framer Motion–inspired animations for React Native built on Reanimated.

Installation

npm install motion-on-native
# or
yarn add motion-on-native

Prerequisites

This package requires:

• react-native-reanimated >= 3.0.0
• react-native >= 0.60.0
• react >= 16.8.0

Usage

Basic Animation

import { NativeMotion } from 'motion-on-native';

<NativeMotion.View
  initial={{ opacity: 0, translateX: -100 }}
  animate={{ opacity: 1, translateX: 0 }}
  transition={{ type: 'spring', damping: 15, stiffness: 100 }}
>
  <Text>Animated content</Text>
</NativeMotion.View>;

Exit Animations with AnimatedExit

import { NativeMotion, AnimatedExit } from 'motion-on-native';

<AnimatedExit>
  {isVisible && (
    <NativeMotion.View
      key="item"
      initial={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.8 }}
      animate={{ opacity: 1, scale: 1 }}
      exit={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.8 }}
      transition={{ type: 'spring', damping: 15 }}
    >
      <Text>I will animate out when removed</Text>
    </NativeMotion.View>
  )}
</AnimatedExit>;

Components

• NativeMotion.View
• NativeMotion.Text
• NativeMotion.Image
• NativeMotion.ImageBackground
• NativeMotion.TextInput
• NativeMotion.TouchableOpacity
• NativeMotion.Pressable

AnimatedExit - BETA

Enables exit animations for components being removed from the tree.

Props

• mode: 'sync' | 'wait' - Animation mode (default: 'sync')

Important Notes

• Each child must have a unique animationId prop
• Only direct children with exit prop will animate out
• Component unmounts after exit animation completes, though currently there is a slight delay in removal after animation completion.

Component Props

• initial: AnimationProps | false - Initial animation state
• animate: AnimationProps - Target animation state
• exit: AnimationProps - Exit animation state (requires AnimatedExit)
• transition: TransitionProps - Animation configuration
• styles: ViewStyle - Additional styles

Animation Properties

Transform

• opacity: 0-1
• translateX, translateY: translation in pixels
• scale, scaleX, scaleY: size multipliers
• rotate, rotateX, rotateY, rotateZ: rotation (e.g., '45deg')
• skewX, skewY: skew transformations

Layout

• width, height: dimensions

Spacing

• margin, marginTop, marginBottom, marginLeft, marginRight
• marginHorizontal, marginVertical
• padding, paddingTop, paddingBottom, paddingLeft, paddingRight
• paddingHorizontal, paddingVertical

Border

• borderRadius, borderTopLeftRadius, borderTopRightRadius, borderBottomLeftRadius, borderBottomRightRadius
• borderWidth, borderTopWidth, borderBottomWidth, borderLeftWidth, borderRightWidth
• borderColor, borderTopColor, borderBottomColor, borderLeftColor, borderRightColor

Colors (BETA)

Color interpolation uses Reanimated color interpolation and may change in future releases.

Position

• top, bottom, left, right: positioning

Shadow (iOS)

• shadowColor, shadowOpacity, shadowRadius

Elevation (Android)

• elevation: shadow depth

Transition Configuration

// Spring animation (default)
transition={{
  type: 'spring',
  damping: 15,
  stiffness: 100,
  mass: 1
}}

// Timing animation
transition={{
  type: 'timing',
  duration: 300,
  delay: 100
}}

// Repeating animation
transition={{
  type: 'timing',
  duration: 1000,
  repeat: 'infinity', // or number
  repeatType: 'reverse' // or 'loop'
}}

Transition Properties

• type: 'spring' | 'timing'
• duration: animation duration in ms
• damping: spring damping (spring only)
• stiffness: spring stiffness (spring only)
• mass: spring mass (spring only)
• delay: delay before animation starts
• ease: easing function name
• repeat: number of repeats or 'infinity'
• repeatType: 'loop' | 'reverse'

Scope & Non-goals

Motion on Native focuses on declarative animations and exit presence. It does not aim to fully replicate Motion’s web feature set (e.g. layout animations, gestures, or shared layout transitions).

Acknowledgements

This library adapts core animation concepts and presence-management ideas from Motion (formerly Framer Motion), which is licensed under the MIT License.

AnimatedExit is inspired by Motion’s presence system, reimplemented for React Native using Reanimated.

© Framer B.V.

License

MIT