Episode 175: Lottie

Android Developers Backstage

Episode | Podcast

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:33:32 +0000

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Chet, Romain and Tor have a chat with Gabriel Peal from Tonal, well known for his contributions to the Android community on projects such as Mavericks and Lottie. We talked about Lottie and how it helps designers and developers deliver more delightful user experiences by taking complex animations designed in specialized authoring tools such as After Effects, and rendering them efficiently on mobile devices. We also explored the challenges of designing and implementing a rendering engine such as Lottie.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img alt="" height="144" src="https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/332855/adb175-lottie.png" width="360" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Romain, Gabriel, Tor, and Chet</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Related info:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://airbnb.design/lottie/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lottie</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://lottiefiles.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">LottieFiles</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://github.com/airbnb/mavericks"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mavericks</span></a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gabriel:</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/gpeal8"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@gpeal8</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chet:</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/chethaase">@chethaase</a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Romain:</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/romainguy">@romainguy</a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tor:</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/tornorbye">@tornorbye</a></p>