4.5.0

New Features

• Added drop shadow support to main thread rendering engine (#2423)
• Added support for opacity text animators (#2436)
• Added LottieView helper for configuring individual LottieAnimationView properties (#2415)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where bezier paths could be closed incorrectly (#2418)
• Fixed bug where font providers were ignored in precomposition layers in the main thread rendering engine (#2439)
• Fixed issue where lottie-spm package could cause package operations to unexpectedly fail on Linux (airbnb/lottie-spm#27).

Version Compatibility

Lottie now requires Xcode 15 / Swift 5.9 or later (#2400). Our version support policy is that Lottie supports Swift / Xcode versions back to the minimum version that is permitted by Apple for submissions to the App Store. As of April 2024, this is Xcode 15 / Swift 5.9: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=fxu2qp7b.

Full Changelog: 4.4.3...4.5.0

4.4.3

Bug fixes in 4.4.3

• Fix issue where animation size could be incorrect after loading async animation (#2379)
• Update NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypeReasons in privacy manifest (#2380)
• Include animation duration when computing cost/complexity of Core Animation time remapping (#2381)

New features in 4.4.0

• Add privacy manifest (#2252)
• Codesign Lottie.xcframework (#2259)
• Add time remapping support to Core Animation rendering engine (#2286)
• Add official visionOS support to lottie-ios repo (#2287)
• lottie-spm now supports visionOS (airbnb/lottie-spm#12)
• Adopt policy on minimum supported Swift / Xcode version, update minimum versions to Swift 5.7 / Xcode 14.1 (#2260)

Full Changelog: 4.4.2...4.4.3

4.4.2

Changes in 4.4.2

• Update minimum deployment target to iOS 13.0 / macOS 10.15 (#2322)
• Add privacy manifest to lottie-spm repo (airbnb/lottie-spm#23)
• Add visionOS support to Cocoapods podspec (#2348)
• Fix incorrect usage of State(initialValue:) in LottieView (#2357)
• Use correct version number when building XCFramework bundle (#2341)

New features in 4.4.0

• Add privacy manifest (#2252)
• Codesign Lottie.xcframework (#2259)
• Add time remapping support to Core Animation rendering engine (#2286)
• Add official visionOS support to lottie-ios repo (#2287)
• lottie-spm now supports visionOS (airbnb/lottie-spm#12)
• Adopt policy on minimum supported Swift / Xcode version, update minimum versions to Swift 5.7 / Xcode 14.1 (#2260)

Full Changelog: 4.4.1...4.4.2

4.4.1

Bug fixes in 4.4.1

• Replace os check with canImport so classes are available on visionOS (#2294)
• Omit privacy manifest from source files in podspec (#2307)
• Fix crash in Main Thread rendering engine path interpolation implementation (#2305)
• Fix warning from invalid character in Cocoapods resource bundle identifier (#2317)
• Fix infinite loop when setting LottieAnimationView.viewportFrame (#2316)

New features in 4.4.0

• Add privacy manifest (#2252)
• Codesign Lottie.xcframework (#2259)
• Add time remapping support to Core Animation rendering engine (#2286)
• Add official visionOS support to lottie-ios repo (#2287)
• lottie-spm now supports visionOS (airbnb/lottie-spm#12)
• Adopt policy on minimum supported Swift / Xcode version, update minimum versions to Swift 5.7 / Xcode 14.1 (#2260)

Full Changelog: 4.4.0...4.4.1

4.4.0

New features

• Add privacy manifest (#2252)
• Codesign Lottie.xcframework (#2259)
• Add time remapping support to Core Animation rendering engine (#2286)
• Add official visionOS support to lottie-ios repo (#2287)
• lottie-spm now supports visionOS (airbnb/lottie-spm#12)
• Adopt policy on minimum supported Swift / Xcode version, update minimum versions to Swift 5.7 / Xcode 14.1 (#2260)

Bug fixes

• Update LottieView to display placeholder using overlay instead of ZStack (#2289)
• Fix issue where Core Animation rendering engine couldn't display last frame of animation when paused (#2254)
• Do not create DotLottieImageProvider instance if there's no image files (#2271)
• Mark DotLottieCache as Sendable (#2245)
• Fix issue where AnimationKeypath in SolidLayer could be incorrect (#2278)
• Fix issue where Repeater could be displayed incorrectly (#2276)
• Include dSYMs in xcframework build (#2284)
• Fix parsing issue, add support for DotLottieConfiguration in SwiftUI LottieView (#2277)
• Fix issue where DotLottieImageProvider didn't handle base64 images (#2283)
• Fix issue where manually interpolated keyframes could animate incorrectly (#2285)

Full Changelog: 4.3.4...4.4.0

4.3.4

What's Changed

• Fix parsing regression in 4.3.0 from addition of parsing layer effects by @calda in #2208
• Remove old animation layer when creating a new animation layer by @junjielu in #2214
• Add configuration setting to remove animated bounds changes by @thedrick in #2218
• Change pod dependencies SwiftUI and Combine to weak to ensure compatibility with iOS 12 by @florianrhein in #2219
• Fix issue where Repeater would be ignored if not at top level by @calda in #2221
• Replace UIScreen.main to get display scale on iOS 13.0 and later (#2215) by @hyun99999 in #2216
• Dispatch dot lottie file loading onto a single serial queue by @erichoracek in #2229
• Clean up unused property in InvertedMatteLayer by @hanton in #2241
• Fix issue where LottieView animation would restart from beginning after backgrounding app by @calda in #2237

Full Changelog: 4.3.3...4.3.4

4.3.3

Lottie 4.3.0 adds many new features, including:

• Official support for SwiftUI!
• A public Core Animation CALayer subclass
• Support for reduced motion
• Support for drop shadow layer effects
• Support for visionOS

You can learn more about Lottie 4.3.0 in this announcement: Lottie 4.3.0 now available, with official support for SwiftUI #2189

Lottie 4.3.3 fixes a regression introduced by Lottie 4.3.0 where the contents of a LottieAnimationView could crossfade / animate unexpectedly when updating the current LottieAnimation or rendering engine: #2200

New Features in Lottie 4.3.0

• Add SwiftUI LottieView, which wraps UIKit LottieAnimationView
• Add SwiftUI LottieSwitch, which wraps UIKit AnimatedSwitch (#2138)
• Add SwiftUI LottieButton, which wraps AnimatedButton (#2139)
• AnimatedSwitch and AnimatedButton now support macOS (#2138, #2139)
• Add LottieAnimationLayer, a Core Animation CALayer subclass for playing Lottie animations (#2073)
• Add support for rendering drop shadow layer effects (#2142)
• Add API for playing multiple markers sequentially (#2084)
• Play "reduced motion" marker if UIAccessibility.isReduceMotionEnabled is true (#2110)
• Update text provider API to use full AnimationKeypath values (#2183)
• Add support for visionOS (#2152)
• Drop support for Swift 5.5 (#2152)
• Add contents gravity configuration to AnimationImageProvider (#2177)
• Add support for customizing stroke width values using FloatValueProvider (#2179)
• Adopt Sendable to support using Lottie with strict concurrency enabled (#2126)
• Add LottiePlaybackMode to support declarative playback configuration (#2128)
• Add option make main thread rendering engine force display update on every frame (#2168)
• Add a option to prevent caching images from AnimationImageProvider (#2171)
• Add support for customizing gradient values using GradientValueProvider (#2182)
• Added additional support for multiple animations in DotLottieFile (#2074)
• Add helper method to initialize DotLottieFile with data (#2090)

Bug fixes

• Remove .../ZipFoundation/README.md from targets and *.md* files from podspec (#2057)*
• Fix issue where layers with negative X scale values could be pixelated (#2067)
• Fix warnings when building with Swift 5.9 (#2072)
• Restructure ValueProviderStore to not accumulate multiple values for the same key (#2082)
• Disable bitcode when building XCFramework (#2121)
• Fix unhandled file warning when building with SPM (https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-ios/pull/213)
• Fix support for customizing color of SolidLayer using ColorValueProvider (#2154)
• Fix issue where shape items could be unexpectedly ignored (#2156)
• Fix issue where skew keyframes would unexpectedly not animate (#2157)
• Fix issue where value providers could be ignored when falling back to main thread rendering engine (#2164)

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!

4.3.2

Lottie 4.3.0 adds many new features, including:

• Official support for SwiftUI!
• A public Core Animation CALayer subclass
• Support for reduced motion
• Support for drop shadow layer effects
• Support for visionOS

You can learn more about Lottie 4.3.0 in this announcement: Lottie 4.3.0 now available, with official support for SwiftUI #2189

Lottie 4.3.2

Lottie 4.3.2 redesigns the LottiePlaybackMode playback APIs that were introduced in Lottie 4.3.0.

Before

// Loop from 0.5 to 1.0
LottieView(animation: myAnimation)
  .play(.fromProgress(0.5, toProgress: 1.0, loopMode: .loop))

// Pause at the halfway point of the animation
LottieView(animation: myAnimation)
  .play(.progress(0.5))

After

// Loop from 0.5 to 1.0
LottieView(animation: myAnimation)
  .playing(.fromProgress(0.5, toProgress: 1.0, loopMode: .loop))

// Pause at the halfway point of the animation
LottieView(animation: myAnimation)
  .paused(at: .progress(0.5))

New Features in Lottie 4.3.0

• Add SwiftUI LottieView, which wraps UIKit LottieAnimationView
• Add SwiftUI LottieSwitch, which wraps UIKit AnimatedSwitch (#2138)
• Add SwiftUI LottieButton, which wraps AnimatedButton (#2139)
• AnimatedSwitch and AnimatedButton now support macOS (#2138, #2139)
• Add LottieAnimationLayer, a Core Animation CALayer subclass for playing Lottie animations (#2073)
• Add support for rendering drop shadow layer effects (#2142)
• Add API for playing multiple markers sequentially (#2084)
• Play "reduced motion" marker if UIAccessibility.isReduceMotionEnabled is true (#2110)
• Update text provider API to use full AnimationKeypath values (#2183)
• Add support for visionOS (#2152)
• Drop support for Swift 5.5 (#2152)
• Add contents gravity configuration to AnimationImageProvider (#2177)
• Add support for customizing stroke width values using FloatValueProvider (#2179)
• Adopt Sendable to support using Lottie with strict concurrency enabled (#2126)
• Add LottiePlaybackMode to support declarative playback configuration (#2128)
• Add option make main thread rendering engine force display update on every frame (#2168)
• Add a option to prevent caching images from AnimationImageProvider (#2171)
• Add support for customizing gradient values using GradientValueProvider (#2182)
• Added additional support for multiple animations in DotLottieFile (#2074)
• Add helper method to initialize DotLottieFile with data (#2090)

Bug fixes

• Remove .../ZipFoundation/README.md from targets and *.md* files from podspec (#2057)*
• Fix issue where layers with negative X scale values could be pixelated (#2067)
• Fix warnings when building with Swift 5.9 (#2072)
• Restructure ValueProviderStore to not accumulate multiple values for the same key (#2082)
• Disable bitcode when building XCFramework (#2121)
• Fix unhandled file warning when building with SPM (https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-ios/pull/213)
• Fix support for customizing color of SolidLayer using ColorValueProvider (#2154)
• Fix issue where shape items could be unexpectedly ignored (#2156)
• Fix issue where skew keyframes would unexpectedly not animate (#2157)
• Fix issue where value providers could be ignored when falling back to main thread rendering engine (#2164)

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!

4.3.1

Lottie 4.3.0 adds many new features, including:

• Official support for SwiftUI!
• A public Core Animation CALayer subclass
• Support for reduced motion
• Support for drop shadow layer effects
• Support for visionOS

You can learn more about Lottie 4.3.0 in this announcement: Lottie 4.3.0 now available, with official support for SwiftUI #2189

Lottie 4.3.1 fixes a small regression introduced by 4.3.0: #2193

New Features

• Add SwiftUI LottieView, which wraps UIKit LottieAnimationView
• Add SwiftUI LottieSwitch, which wraps UIKit AnimatedSwitch (#2138)
• Add SwiftUI LottieButton, which wraps AnimatedButton (#2139)
• AnimatedSwitch and AnimatedButton now support macOS (#2138, #2139)
• Add LottieAnimationLayer, a Core Animation CALayer subclass for playing Lottie animations (#2073)
• Add support for rendering drop shadow layer effects (#2142)
• Add API for playing multiple markers sequentially (#2084)
• Play "reduced motion" marker if UIAccessibility.isReduceMotionEnabled is true (#2110)
• Update text provider API to use full AnimationKeypath values (#2183)
• Add support for visionOS (#2152)
• Drop support for Swift 5.5 (#2152)
• Add contents gravity configuration to AnimationImageProvider (#2177)
• Add support for customizing stroke width values using FloatValueProvider (#2179)
• Adopt Sendable to support using Lottie with strict concurrency enabled (#2126)
• Add LottiePlaybackMode to support declarative playback configuration (#2128)
• Add option make main thread rendering engine force display update on every frame (#2168)
• Add a option to prevent caching images from AnimationImageProvider (#2171)
• Add support for customizing gradient values using GradientValueProvider (#2182)
• Added additional support for multiple animations in DotLottieFile (#2074)
• Add helper method to initialize DotLottieFile with data (#2090)

Bug fixes

• Remove .../ZipFoundation/README.md from targets and *.md* files from podspec (#2057)*
• Fix issue where layers with negative X scale values could be pixelated (#2067)
• Fix warnings when building with Swift 5.9 (#2072)
• Restructure ValueProviderStore to not accumulate multiple values for the same key (#2082)
• Disable bitcode when building XCFramework (#2121)
• Fix unhandled file warning when building with SPM (https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-ios/pull/213)
• Fix support for customizing color of SolidLayer using ColorValueProvider (#2154)
• Fix issue where shape items could be unexpectedly ignored (#2156)
• Fix issue where skew keyframes would unexpectedly not animate (#2157)
• Fix issue where value providers could be ignored when falling back to main thread rendering engine (#2164)

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!

4.3.0

Lottie 4.3.0 adds many new features, including:

• Official support for SwiftUI!
• A public Core Animation CALayer subclass
• Support for reduced motion
• Support for drop shadow layer effects
• Support for visionOS

You can learn more about Lottie 4.3.0 in this announcement: Lottie 4.3.0 now available, with official support for SwiftUI #2189

New Features

• Add SwiftUI LottieView, which wraps UIKit LottieAnimationView
• Add SwiftUI LottieSwitch, which wraps UIKit AnimatedSwitch (#2138)
• Add SwiftUI LottieButton, which wraps AnimatedButton (#2139)
• AnimatedSwitch and AnimatedButton now support macOS (#2138, #2139)
• Add LottieAnimationLayer, a Core Animation CALayer subclass for playing Lottie animations (#2073)
• Add support for rendering drop shadow layer effects (#2142)
• Add API for playing multiple markers sequentially (#2084)
• Play "reduced motion" marker if UIAccessibility.isReduceMotionEnabled is true (#2110)
• Update text provider API to use full AnimationKeypath values (#2183)
• Add support for visionOS (#2152)
• Drop support for Swift 5.5 (#2152)
• Add contents gravity configuration to AnimationImageProvider (#2177)
• Add support for customizing stroke width values using FloatValueProvider (#2179)
• Adopt Sendable to support using Lottie with strict concurrency enabled (#2126)
• Add LottiePlaybackMode to support declarative playback configuration (#2128)
• Add option make main thread rendering engine force display update on every frame (#2168)
• Add a option to prevent caching images from AnimationImageProvider (#2171)
• Add support for customizing gradient values using GradientValueProvider (#2182)
• Added additional support for multiple animations in DotLottieFile (#2074)
• Add helper method to initialize DotLottieFile with data (#2090)

Bug fixes

• Remove .../ZipFoundation/README.md from targets and *.md* files from podspec (#2057)*
• Fix issue where layers with negative X scale values could be pixelated (#2067)
• Fix warnings when building with Swift 5.9 (#2072)
• Restructure ValueProviderStore to not accumulate multiple values for the same key (#2082)
• Disable bitcode when building XCFramework (#2121)
• Fix unhandled file warning when building with SPM (https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-ios/pull/213)
• Fix support for customizing color of SolidLayer using ColorValueProvider (#2154)
• Fix issue where shape items could be unexpectedly ignored (#2156)
• Fix issue where skew keyframes would unexpectedly not animate (#2157)
• Fix issue where value providers could be ignored when falling back to main thread rendering engine (#2164)

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!