An open source Material Design Animation Textbook and Teaching Equipment
- Animation Gallery: A centralized list showcasing a wide variety of Jetpack Compose animation effects.
- Interactive Demos: Users can directly interact with animation samples to intuitively experience how they work.
- Categorized Browsing: Animations are organized by type and complexity for easy discovery and learning.
- Detail Views: Each animation has a dedicated detail page with more in-depth demonstrations and explanations.
- Modern UI Design: Built entirely with Jetpack Compose, following Material Design principles for a sleek and smooth interface.
- Code References: Provides core implementation code snippets for each animation, enabling developers to learn and apply them quickly.
- 100% Kotlin: The entire project is written in Kotlin.
- Basic Feature Available
- Add necessary SpringSpec API discovery
- Add sharedTransition API for list view
- Add more annotations for the project
- Use CI/CD for best practice
- Upload the application to F-Droid
- Upload the application to GooglePlay
Because I fell in love with Material Design long before I became an Android developer.
When I was still a student, Google’s Material You design language deeply resonated with me.
I had always hoped that one day, I could build a Material Design app of my own — not as a demo, not as a concept, but as a real, usable product.
Animora is the result of that long-standing aspiration.
Because I believe technology should be equal and transparent.
My first online name was Free-Terder, literally meaning “Free Trader”.
It was built upon a single belief that has stayed with me for many years:
Truth will eventually pierce lies, and technology should belong to everyone.
This belief accompanied me from Android ROM flashing, through Linux fundamentals, and finally to software development itself.
In 2024, I made a firm decision to become an Android Developer, and Animora is a concrete step forward on that path.
Because learning Android should not feel hopeless.
While learning Kotlin, Android development, and Jetpack Compose,
this belief repeatedly pulled me back from frustration and self-doubt.
Animora was created during those moments —
as something I wished had existed when I was learning animations, state, and interaction in Compose.
Because doing the right thing is harder than doing the reasonable thing.
While preparing Animora for release, I was reading Silo, which left a strong impression on me:
Doing the right thing is not the same as doing the reasonable thing.
And between the two, the reasonable choice is always easier.
Still, I believe the light of human civilization is real.
There are always people willing to carry the weight and choose what is right —
and I choose to stand among them.
Because I chose open source, deliberately.
I did not choose the common path of closed source + paid access.
That is simply not the future I want to see.
Closed information barriers breed ignorance.
Animora exists — and is fully open source — precisely because I want to resist that outcome.
Because I want Animora to help more people.
- To help struggling developers feel less alone, and have something reliable to lean on
- To help students learning Java for Android realize early that academic knowledge is often outdated or incomplete
- To contribute, even in a small way, to a healthier and more honest open-source ecosystem
- To find like-minded people and build things together
In a word, Animora tries to do the right thing —
with clean code, modern Android practices, and an honest intent.