Android-SpinKit is an Android animation library that provides a collection of animated loading spinner views for use as progress indicators during asynchronous operations. The library offers multiple predefined animation styles, including Circle, Wave, and DoubleBounce, which can be selected and displayed as standard Android View elements within an application's layout.
The library distinguishes itself by being built entirely on the Android SDK's drawing and animation APIs, with no external dependencies required. Each spinner type implements a distinct animation state machine using Android's built-in property animation framework, and the spinners are designed to leverage hardware-accelerated canvas rendering while falling back to software rendering when needed for compatibility. Spinners can be customized in size and style through XML theme attributes, allowing per-activity or per-application visual configuration.
The library supports integration as standard View elements in XML layouts, following the standard Android view hierarchy and lifecycle. Spinner appearance can be adjusted through predefined theme attributes to match the application's visual design.