HeroTransitions/Hero

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Hero is a Swift library for building iOS and tvOS view controller transitions with a declarative API layered on top of UIKit's transition system. It matches views by heroID between source and destination screens (like Keynote's Magic Move) and supports gesture-driven interactive animations.

Use cases

• create custom view controller transitions on iOS
• implement shared element transitions between screens
• add interactive swipe-to-dismiss animations
• apply Material Design motion durations to transitions
• animate modal, navigation, and tab bar transitions declaratively

When to choose

• you build UIKit-based iOS or tvOS apps and want elegant custom transitions without fighting UIKit's transition APIs
• you need shared-element (Magic Move style) animations matched by view IDs
• you want gesture-driven, interruptible transitions

When to avoid

• your app is built with SwiftUI and you don't touch UIKit view controllers
• you need transitions on Android or cross-platform frameworks
• you only need simple view animations within a single screen rather than controller transitions

Facets

library · maturity stable

animation ui-components mobile-framework mobile-development frontend web-design view-controller-transitions uikit shared-element-transitions interactive-animations tvos cocoapods swift-package-manager ios swift mobile

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