iOS slider: Step-by-step tutorial
Matt Perry
In this tutorial, we're going to build the iOS slider example step-by-step.
This example is rated 3/5 difficulty, which means we assume you're already quite familiar with Motion (and JavaScript in general).
Here's a live demo of the example we're going to be creating:
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Introduction
The iOS slider example recreates the playful brightness slider found in the iOS shortcut screen using Motion for React. It features an intuitive drag interaction with a satisfying elastic pull effect, squish and stretch animations, and keyboard accessibility.
In this tutorial, we'll learn to use:
useMotionValueto track the slider's progressuseTransformto map values between different rangesThe
motioncomponent to create interactive animationsGesture handling with
onTapStart,onPan, andonPanEndThe
whileFocusprop for animating keyboard accessibility highlighting
