Building an Animated List in React Native with Reanimated | Beginners Tutorial 2023

Lists that pop items in with no transition feel cheap, and users notice. Reanimated fixes that, but most beginners get stuck before the first animation runs: Babel config, project structure, state setup. That is exactly the foundation I build here, a movie card list ready for slide, fade, and rotation animations.

Follow along in the video and you'll have the setup most tutorials skip.

What's inside

• Install Reanimated and add its plugin to babel.config.js (skip this and nothing animates)
• Split the UI into reusable CardList and Card components
• Drive the list with useState so items can come and go
• Style cards with posters, text, and real shadows
• Respect notches with SafeAreaView
• Leave the code ready for slide, fade, bounce, and rotation effects

Resources

CourseReact Native course

When you're ready for the animations themselves, Animations & Gestures gives you 62 minutes of Reanimated.