icons_animate

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The icons_animate package enables developers to create smooth animations between two static icons in Flutter applications. By using the AnimatedIcon widget, users can transition seamlessly from one icon to another, enhancing user interface interactivity. It supports all major platforms including Android, iOS, Web, macOS, Windows, and Linux, making it highly versatile for cross-platform development. The package is lightweight and integrates easily with existing Flutter projects via a simple pub add command.

Use cases

Animated icon transitions in buttons
Interactive UI elements
Loading state indicators
Toggle animations
Visual feedback for actions

Key features

Smooth icon-to-icon animation
Cross-platform support
Simple integration with Flutter
Customizable animation duration
Built-in icon pairs

Suitable for

UI designers seeking dynamic visuals
Developers building interactive apps
Projects requiring subtle animations
Cross-platform mobile and web apps
Enhancing user experience with micro-interactions

Considerations

Limited to predefined icon pairs
Requires careful performance tuning on low-end devices
Animation complexity may affect responsiveness
Not suitable for complex custom animations
Depends on Flutter's animation framework stability

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Icons Animate

This is a Flutter package to make a custom AnimatedIcon from two Icons.
This package is born to make AnimatedIcons easily available for any Icon and not only the few default ones

Features

Here are some examples of animated icons.

Note that you can provide any Icon that is of type IconData to the animator

You can see an example of some icons being animated in the Sample Project

Getting started

To install the package just do:

flutter pub add icons_animate
flutter pub get

OR add the dependency manually to your pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  icons_animate: ^0.0.2

Then depend on it in your class:

import 'package:icons_animate/icons_animate.dart';

Usage

Here is a simple implementation:

AnimateIcons(
    startIcon: Icons.add_circle,
    endIcon: Icons.add_circle_outline,
    size: 100.0,
    controller: controller,
    startTooltip: 'Icons.add_circle',
    endTooltip: 'Icons.add_circle_outline',
    // add this for splashColor, default is Colors.transparent means no click effect
    splashColor: Colors.blueAccent.shade100.withAlpha(50),
    // add this to specify a custom splashRadius
    // default is Material.defaultSplashRadius (35)
    splashRadius: 24,
    onStartIconPress: () {
        print("Clicked on Add Icon");
        return true;
    },
    onEndIconPress: () {
        print("Clicked on Close Icon");
        return true;
    },
    duration: Duration(milliseconds: 500),
    startIconColor: Colors.deepPurple,
    endIconColor: Colors.deepOrange,
    clockwise: false,
),

See Example Code for more info.

Issues & Feedback

Please file an issue to send feedback or report a bug, If you want to ask a question or suggest an idea then you can open an discussion. Thank you!

Contributing

Every PR is welcome.

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