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Google Design's Achieve sample app swaps Material ripple for custom ring animation
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Google Design's goal-tracking sample app Achieve uses a custom high-contrast completion animation instead of the standard Material ripple, as shown in a tweet.
WHY IT MATTERS
For Android developers, this demonstrates how Google's design team is using Styles to customize Material components, but the sarcastic reaction suggests the change may be seen as trivial or overhyped.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
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The Achieve app uses a brand-colored ring that expands and fades on tap as its completion animation.
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The animation is paired with a subtle pressed-state gradient.
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Google Design says this approach lets them focus on polishing custom micro-interactions while Material handles the foundation.
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