Interactive Rive Tab Bar Icons by Ekin AydemirInteractive Rive Tab Bar Icons by Ekin Aydemir
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Interactive Rive Tab Bar Icons

Ekin Aydemir

Ekin Aydemir

This project is a showcase of polished micro-interactions for a modern tab bar, built entirely in Rive. The goal was to create a set of navigation icons that provide delightful, fluid feedback when a user switches between active and inactive states. These small details for a high-quality, engaging user experience in any mobile application.

Key Features & Functionality

This Rive component was designed to be a versatile, production-ready asset. Here’s a breakdown of its core features.
Light & Dark Mode Support
Fully Responsive Design
Full Customization (Icons & Colors)
Click Event Reporting

Light & Dark Mode Support

To fit seamlessly into modern UIs, the component has built-in support for both Light and Dark themes. This is managed by switching colors with data binding, making it simple for developers to toggle the theme based on system or user preference.
Demonstrating the tab bar's seamless adaptation to both light and dark UI themes.

Fully Responsive Design

The navigation bar component is 100% responsive. The Rive artboard, along with the icons inside it, scales fluidly. This ensures the component maintains its sharpness and proportions, whether used in a compact mobile view or a larger tablet layout.
The component's 100% responsive design in action, adapting to any container width.

Full Customization

A primary goal was to make this component deeply customizable and reusable.
Dynamic Colors: The component's color palette is fully dynamic. The active icon color, inactive icon color, and any other accents can be updated instantly via Rive inputs. This allows the tab bar to be rebranded in seconds.
A look at the Rive inputs used to customize the component's color palette.

Click Event Reporting

Beyond its visual polish, the tab bar is functionally robust. It utilizes Rive's event system to communicate with the host application. When a user clicks on an icon (e.g., 'Search' or 'Profile'), the Rive component fires a specific event. This event reports which destination was selected, allowing the application to react instantly and navigate to the correct page. This makes the component a true, plug-and-play navigation solution.
Demonstrating the Rive event system: each click fires an event, reporting the selected destination (e.g., '1_Destination').
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Posted Nov 11, 2025

A Rive-powered tab bar animation. Features smooth, interactive transitions between active and inactive icon states. A polished interaction for any modern app.

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Oct 1, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025