I recently had the opportunity to work on a custom “Slide to Book” button for one of my projects and since this was my first time implementing a swipe-to-action animation in Jetpack Compose, I thought I’d share the learnings and breakdown the implementation.

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The post provides a step-by-step guide to creating a 'Slide to Book' button in Jetpack Compose. Key steps include defining the composable, designing button UI, adding drag gestures and animations, implementing text and track animations, and displaying a loading indicator upon completion.

6 steps to make a “Slide to unlock” button in Jetpack Compose