Export Flutter animations

Here's how to export mobile app animations with Flutter. Learn how to create Flutter animations following these instructions:

Requirements

  • webview_flutter module (link)
  • (optional - for single-player setup) SVGator's Flutter wrapper class

How to install webview_flutter

Inside your project’s root directory, run the following command:

flutter pub add webview_flutter

That’s all. You should be able to use our exported file.


How to use the exported file

  1. Copy the downloaded file into your project
  2. Include it into the component you are willing to use, as follows:

Original file:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  final _expandedKey = UniqueKey();

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Welcome to Flutter',
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: const Text('Welcome to Flutter'),
        ),
        body: Column(
          children: [
          ],
        )
      ),
    );
  }
}

New file:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'SVGator.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  final _expandedKey = UniqueKey();

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Welcome to Flutter',
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: const Text('Welcome to Flutter'),
        ),
        body: Column(
          children: [
            SVGator()
          ],
        )
      ),
    );
  }
}

IMPORTANT! The class name is derived from the file name used during the export, so if you want to use a different name, you will have to rename both the fine name and the class name.

Single-player setup

  • The player JS will be loaded from a common location: SVGator's Flutter wrapper class

You will have to add our Flutter animation player as dependency to your project.

For this, edit your pubspec.yaml file by adding the dependency in red:

Version: 1.0.0+1
environment:
  sdk: ">=2.12.0 <3.0.0"

dependencies:
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter
  svgator_player_flutter: ^1.0.3 #add this to your pubspec.yaml file
  webview_flutter: ^2.0.0
  cupertino_icons: ^1.0.2
  english_words: ^4.0.0

dev_dependencies:
  flutter_test:
    sdk: flutter

Note that the webview_flutter package will be still needed for the exported file.

Limitations

  • Due to the way webview_flutter is implemented, our Flutter animations can't have transparent background.
    Note that this is a known issue in the flutter community and everyone is waiting for a perfect solution inside the webview_flutter package.

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Export React Native animations

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