How to stop a Lottie animation manually

When adding animations to your application using the Lottie animation library, you may sometimes need to manually stop the animation playback. Lottie animations can be used on Android, iOS, or Web platforms. Here are the methods to manually stop Lottie animations on different platforms:

Android

On Android, if you're using the Lottie Android library, you can stop the animation by calling the cancelAnimation() method of LottieAnimationView. This will immediately halt the animation and keep it on the frame where it was stopped. For example:

java
LottieAnimationView animationView = findViewById(R.id.animation_view);
animationView.cancelAnimation();

iOS

On iOS, when using the Lottie Swift or Objective-C library, you can stop the animation by calling the stop() method of LOTAnimationView. This will also halt the animation on the current frame:

swift
let animationView: LOTAnimationView = LOTAnimationView(name: "animation_name")
animationView.stop();

Web

On the web, if you're using the Lottie JavaScript library, you can stop the animation by calling the stop() method of the animation instance:

javascript
var animation = bodymovin.loadAnimation({
  container: document.getElementById('lottie'), // the DOM element
  renderer: 'svg',
  loop: true,
  autoplay: true,
  path: 'animation.json' // the animation data
});

animation.stop();

Example

For instance, consider an e-commerce app featuring an animation for adding items to the cart. If a user decides to cancel the operation while the animation is playing, you can invoke the above methods when the user clicks the cancel button to stop the animation. This enhances user experience by making the app appear more responsive.

In summary, stopping Lottie animations is a relatively straightforward process that primarily involves calling the appropriate stop method. The specific implementation may vary depending on the library and platform used.