Build apps with React Native Reanimated
react-native-reanimated powers all animations in Goodspeed apps: shared element transitions, gesture-driven drags, and spring physics running on the UI thread. Goodspeed generates React Native Reanimated as a standard part of every app, so the output is a working codebase from day one, not a scaffold you have to finish yourself.
WHAT GETS GENERATED
Built into every React Native Reanimated build
Every app Goodspeed generates with React Native Reanimated includes these production-ready patterns, wired together from the first build.
| Item | Description | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Shared value hooks with useSharedValue | Animated values are declared with useSharedValue and driven by withSpring, withTiming, and withSequence. No setState calls means no React re-renders per animation frame. | Performance |
| Gesture handlers with GestureDetector | react-native-gesture-handler GestureDetector wraps swipeable cards, pull-to-refresh overrides, and drag-to-dismiss modals. | Gestures |
| useAnimatedStyle for derived styles | useAnimatedStyle computes animated transform and opacity from shared values. The derived styles run on the UI thread, keeping 60fps even on mid-range devices. | Performance |
| Entrance animations on screen mount | List items and cards animate in with FadeInDown and SlideInRight from the reanimated layout animations preset, giving screens a polished first-render feel. | UX |
Source: the Goodspeed generation pipeline · Animations
REAL GENERATED CODE
A snippet from a React Native Reanimated app the studio shipped
This pattern comes straight out of the production groundwork every Goodspeed app is generated on. The studio generates React Native Reanimated code like this for every app in the pipeline, not a hello-world sample you have to grow into a real app.
Spring animation
// components/ui/AnimatedCard.tsx: spring-driven scale import Animated, { useSharedValue, useAnimatedStyle, withSpring } from 'react-native-reanimated'; import { Gesture, GestureDetector } from 'react-native-gesture-handler'; export function AnimatedCard({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) { const scale = useSharedValue(1); const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({ transform: [{ scale: scale.value }] }) ); const tap = Gesture.Tap() .onBegin(() => { scale.value = withSpring(0.97); }) .onFinalize(() => { scale.value = withSpring(1); }); return ( <GestureDetector gesture={tap}> <Animated.View style={animatedStyle}>{children}</Animated.View> </GestureDetector> ); }
Today's log
USE CASES BUILT ON REACT NATIVE REANIMATED
Where this stack ships
These app types use React Native Reanimated as part of the generated stack. Each link goes to a full spec page with capabilities, scored ideas, and a pipeline walkthrough.
- Build a Fitness Tracker appBuilding a fitness tracker means wiring together daily logging, progress charts, Apple Health, and push reminders. Goodspeed generates all of that in a single build, not a patchwork of tutorials. The FITNESS TRACKER APP
- Build a Social App appBuilding a social app from scratch means solving hard infrastructure problems: real-time feeds, fan-out writes, notification delivery, and content moderation hooks. Goodspeed generates a complete sociSOCIAL APP
START WITH REACT NATIVE REANIMATED