React Native Carousel Animations

React Native carousel animations do more than move a row from one index to the next. The strongest patterns connect the drag to card depth, surrounding color, typography, pagination, and the content waiting offscreen. This collection brings those details together in reusable Expo components for product variants, editorial galleries, avatar selectors, and expanding photo strips. Each piece keeps continuous gesture progress in Reanimated so movement stays responsive on the UI thread, while Gesture Handler turns touch distance and release velocity into interruptible transitions. Several pieces use Expo Image for predictable loading and efficient artwork rendering. Copy a component into your project with the Native Animation CLI, replace the demo images and copy, and tune its public props without adopting a runtime UI library. Choose a product-focused carousel when color and purchase context matter, a blurred gallery for immersive artwork, or a compact expanding layout when neighboring choices should remain visible.