--- title: Jetpack Compose Animations Beyond the State Change description: Jetpack Compose 1.0 introduced a powerful animations API, but complex scenarios require non-obvious approaches. Three loading indicator examples illustrate key... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/jetpack-compose-animations-beyond-the-state-change-ksice6kt4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Jetpack Compose Animations Beyond the State Change | daily.dev og:description: Jetpack Compose 1.0 introduced a powerful animations API, but complex scenarios require non-obvious approaches. Three loading indicator examples illustrate key... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/jetpack-compose-animations-beyond-the-state-change-ksice6kt4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KSicE6kt4.png og:image:alt: Jetpack Compose Animations Beyond the State Change og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Jetpack Compose Animations Beyond the State Change **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Jetpack Compose 1.0 introduced a powerful animations API, but complex scenarios require non-obvious approaches. Three loading indicator examples illustrate key patterns: using InfiniteTransition instead of SideEffect for infinite animations, using Coroutines delay instead of tween delayMillis to keep multi-element animations synchronized, and implementing a custom animateValues helper to sequence animations in groups for multi-axis transitions. Code samples and a companion repository are provided. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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