Design Custom Loading Animations

[salazarsebas]

🎨 Design Custom Loading Animations

Overview

The Revolutionary Farmers app needs engaging, consistent loading animations that reflect our agricultural theme while providing clear feedback to users during various loading states. These animations will enhance the user experience by making wait times feel shorter and more engaging.

Background

Currently, the app uses standard Android loading indicators which don't match our brand identity or provide context-specific feedback. We need custom animations that align with our farming theme and provide clear visual feedback about what's happening behind the scenes.

Detailed Requirements

Animation Contexts

The loading animations will be needed in several key areas:

• Product list loading in the marketplace feed
• Image upload progress for farmer listings
• Wallet connection states
• Transaction processing
• Search results loading

Design Guidelines

Our animations should incorporate agricultural elements like:

• Growing plants for progress indicators
• Falling rain for refresh actions
• Harvesting motions for completion states
• Plowing movements for processing states

Technical Considerations

The animations will need to:

• Be lightweight and performance-efficient
• Support both light and dark themes
• Scale appropriately across different device sizes
• Maintain smooth frame rates even on lower-end devices
• Support graceful fallbacks for devices with limited capabilities

Implementation Areas

The animations will be implemented in:

• res/drawable for vector animations
• Custom View classes for complex animations
• Layout XML files for animation integration
• Theme-specific animation variations

Impact

This enhancement will:

• Reduce perceived loading times
• Strengthen brand identity
• Improve user engagement
• Provide clearer system status feedback
• Create a more polished, professional feel

Success Criteria

The implementation will be considered successful when:

• Animations run smoothly at 60fps on mid-range devices
• File sizes remain under 50KB per animation
• Animations complete within 2 seconds for regular loading states
• User testing shows positive feedback about loading experience
• Theme transitions maintain animation consistency

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Difficulty: Medium 🌟🌟

This task requires:

• Understanding of Android animation frameworks
• Experience with vector graphics and animation
• Knowledge of performance optimization
• Familiarity with accessibility considerations
• Creative design skills for agricultural themes

[akintewe]

Hello i am a Flutter/ Kotlin developer and i would love to work on this issue as a new contributor, my ETA is 10 hours

[Verifieddanny]

I’d like to help with this.

[Wendyalbert]

Can I be assigned to this?

[ShantelPeters]

I’d like to help with this.

[aniruddhaaps]

To tackle this issue, I will design lightweight, engaging loading animations that reflect agricultural themes such as growing plants, falling rain, and harvesting motions. These animations will be optimized for performance, scalable across devices, and integrated into key app areas to ensure a smooth, branded, and user-friendly experience.

[Elite-tch]

May I pick this up?

[ekumamatthew]

Could I take a shot at this?

[Ved-viraj]

Hi, can I do this issue please? I'm new here, assign me this issue please. I am a full-stack developer and i can do this.

[Pvsaint]

I'd like to take this issue.

[chiscookeke11]

Can I work on this, please?

[JayWebtech]

Hello, I am Adamu Jethro and I’d love to work on this task.
This is my first time participating in ODHack

I have 6 years of experience building frontend web and mobile applications
Here are some of my works:

https://jaykosai.vercel.app/
https://ecohotels.com/
http://t.me/sapacoin_app_bot/start
https://gaskiya-baptist-church.com.ng/
https://nijostam.org

[micadl]

Hello! I'm Micaela. I have over four years of experience in design and animation, and I'd love to collaborate on this project. However, I don't have coding skills—would that be a requirement? Also, is the final deliverable expected to be directly in code (frontend), or are design formats acceptable?

Portfolio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZqxUeN2onPLNx7wXENv_eBK6a8HrCBdb/view?usp=sharing

[ManuelJG1999]

Issue assigned. Best of luck in resolving it. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask in the telegram group. You have to report your progress in less than 4 days; this is in order to be aware that the contributor is developing the issue.

@JayWebtech

Also, please make sure you join our Telegram contributors chat.
https://t.me/Revolutionary_Farmers

Best regards! 🚜🌾

[JayWebtech]

@ManuelJG1999 Thank you for assigning this task to me

But it seems the link used for generating trustless api is broken -> https://d-app-trustless-work.vercel.app/

[ManuelJG1999]

@JayWebtech You bet.

You may try this one: https://dapp.trustlesswork.com/

Where did you see it? -- https://d-app-trustless-work.vercel.app/