swiftui-animations

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Core Principles

How SwiftUI Animation Works

1. Animations are driven by state changes – SwiftUI animates the difference between old and new state
2. Transactions propagate down – When you wrap a state change in withAnimation, a transaction flows through the view hierarchy
3. Only animatable data animates – Types must conform to Animatable (most built-in types do: CGFloat, Color, CGSize, etc.)
4. Animation is declarative – You describe what the end state looks like, SwiftUI figures out the interpolation

Mental Model

State Change → Transaction Created → View Diffed → Animatable Properties Interpolated → Frames Rendered