Rive Animation for React & Web Apps
Interactive assets with a practical web handoff. Prepare Rive assets for a web application with named controls, documented defaults and a clear split between animation behavior and application logic. React delivery concerns include runtime ownership and listener cleanup.
Plan the behavior your product needs
Prepare Rive assets for a web application with named controls, documented defaults and a clear split between animation behavior and application logic. React delivery concerns include runtime ownership and listener cleanup.
- Choose the runtime against the file features and the application stack.
- Plan canvas dimensions, loading placeholders, resize behavior and offscreen pause.
- Document mount/unmount behavior and keep a single owner for events, values and playback timing.
Relevant interactive work
Puppy Companion
An existing companion character demo. Inspect its default animation and available runtime controls in the portfolio player.
Explore the real interactive demo →Review the behavior before commissioning
Review expression readability, pacing and interaction design before choosing your project’s behavior. Open the full player to inspect the controls provided in each export.
Use the full portfolio player to inspect the controls present in each export. Control names vary between files.
What your developer receives
Agreed source delivery
The .riv export, organized artboards and editable artwork where included in scope. Source rights and revision rounds are agreed before production.
A control reference
Names, types, ranges, defaults and reset behavior for State Machine inputs or ViewModel properties, plus animation events where used.
Target-runtime review
Web, React, Flutter, React Native, iOS and Android delivery depend on the selected runtime and file features. Your app owns backend logic, audio playback and event timing.
Questions before you start
Can you work with existing artwork?
Yes. Send editable artwork and the required movement range. Cleanup, separated parts, new design and complex rigging are reviewed before the scope is confirmed.
Is application development included?
This service supplies visual assets, animation behavior and developer handoff. Full app, backend and AI model development are not core deliverables. Integration support is scoped separately.
What should I send for an estimate?
Share your product link or description, artwork status, target runtime, required states, interaction rules, budget and preferred deadline. A standard two-state mascot with supplied artwork starts at $250; the final scope is confirmed before work starts.
Scope your animation project
Building an app, website, or AI product? Tell me what you’re creating, and I’ll help you scope the animation.
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Plan the integration before production
Read the developer handoff checklist: controls, lifecycle, speech resets and delivery responsibilities.