Jetpack Compose InfiniteTransition: Creating Smooth Animations for Beginners

As an Android developer, animations can bring your app to life and create delightful user experiences. Today, we’ll explore Jetpack Compose’s InfiniteTransition through a simple heart animation example that even complete beginners can understand.

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What is InfiniteTransition?

InfiniteTransition is a powerful animation tool in Jetpack Compose that allows you to create animations that run indefinitely. Unlike one-time animations, these keep repeating according to the pattern you define — perfect for loading indicators, pulsating effects, or any continuous animation.

The Heart Animation Example

Let’s break down the code line by line to understand how this works:

1. Composable Function Declaration

@Composable
fun HeartAnimation() {}

• @Composable marks this as a Compose function that can display UI