In this section, we will take a look at how to we can work with Custom Animations, and implement these in your Xamarin.Forms XAML and ContentPages using C#. Custom Animations make use of the Animation class, which essentially is the parent class for all Xamarin.Forms animations, as well as making use of the extension methods contained in the ViewExtensions class, to create one or a series of Animation objects.

Whenever you create an Animation object, you'll need to specify a number of parameter objects, as well as include the starting and ending values for the property that is being animated. You will also need to ensure you declare a Callback method that changes the value of the property.

You can also use the Animation object to specify any number of child animations, which can be run in parallel, by calling the Commit method and specifying the duration of the animation. Now that you have an understanding of what Custom Animations are, our next step is to begin implementing them and see how we can use them in our code-behind through C# code.