Learn how to make your .NET MAUI app a little more engaging with interactive animations. We’ll see how to animate a heart for a like action.

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A step-by-step guide to recreating Instagram's heart like animation in .NET MAUI. Covers building a simplified Instagram post UI in XAML, using FadeTo and TranslateTo animations combined with Task.WhenAll, and managing visual state with GestureRecognizers. The tutorial walks through creating three heart image states (outline, filled, burst), wiring up tap events, and implementing helper methods to reset animation state cleanly.

Building an Instagram-Style Like Animation in .NET MAUI

Building the Structure of an Instagram Post in XAML

Bringing the Like Interaction to Life 😎