I recommend you use AnimatedVisibility for BottomNavigation widget, im my opinion it's clearest way for compose.
- You should use
remeberSaveable to store state of BottomBar:
// State of bottomBar, set state to false, if current page route is "car_details"
val bottomBarState = rememberSaveable { (mutableStateOf(true)) }
- In composable function we used
when for control state of BottomBar, below we set bottomBarState to true, if we would like to show BottomBar, otherwise we set bottomBarState to false:
val navController = rememberNavController()
// Subscribe to navBackStackEntry, required to get current route
val navBackStackEntry by navController.currentBackStackEntryAsState()
// Control BottomBar
when (navBackStackEntry?.destination?.route) {
"cars" -> {
// Show BottomBar
bottomBarState.value = true
}
"bikes" -> {
// Show BottomBar
bottomBarState.value = true
}
"settings" -> {
// Show BottomBar
bottomBarState.value = true
}
"car_details" -> {
// Hide BottomBar
bottomBarState.value = false
}
}
Scaffold(
bottomBar = {
BottomBar(
navController = navController,
bottomBarState = bottomBarState
)
},
content = {
NavHost(
navController = navController,
startDestination = NavigationItem.Cars.route,
) {
composable(NavigationItem.Cars.route) {
CarsScreen(
navController = navController,
)
}
composable(NavigationItem.Bikes.route) {
BikesScreen(
navController = navController
)
}
composable(NavigationItem.Settings.route) {
SettingsScreen(
navController = navController,
)
}
composable(NavigationItem.CarDetails.route) {
CarDetailsScreen(
navController = navController,
)
}
}
}
)
- Put
BottomNavigation inside AnimatedVisibility, set visible value from bottomBarState and set enter and exit animation, in my case I use slideInVertically for enter animation and slideOutVertically for exit animation:
AnimatedVisibility(
visible = bottomBarState.value,
enter = slideInVertically(initialOffsetY = { it }),
exit = slideOutVertically(targetOffsetY = { it }),
content = {
BottomNavigation {
val navBackStackEntry by navController.currentBackStackEntryAsState()
val currentRoute = navBackStackEntry?.destination?.route
items.forEach { item ->
BottomNavigationItem(
icon = {
Icon(
painter = painterResource(id = item.icon),
contentDescription = item.title
)
},
label = { Text(text = item.title) },
selected = currentRoute == item.route,
onClick = {
navController.navigate(item.route) {
popUpTo(navController.graph.findStartDestination().id) {
saveState = true
}
launchSingleTop = true
restoreState = true
}
}
)
}
}
}
)
Full code of MainActivity:
package codes.andreirozov.bottombaranimation
import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
import androidx.compose.animation.AnimatedVisibility
import androidx.compose.animation.ExperimentalAnimationApi
import androidx.compose.animation.slideInVertically
import androidx.compose.animation.slideOutVertically
import androidx.compose.material.*
import androidx.compose.runtime.*
import androidx.compose.runtime.saveable.rememberSaveable
import androidx.compose.ui.res.painterResource
import androidx.navigation.NavController
import androidx.navigation.NavGraph.Companion.findStartDestination
import androidx.navigation.compose.NavHost
import androidx.navigation.compose.composable
import androidx.navigation.compose.currentBackStackEntryAsState
import androidx.navigation.compose.rememberNavController
import codes.andreirozov.bottombaranimation.screens.BikesScreen
import codes.andreirozov.bottombaranimation.screens.CarDetailsScreen
import codes.andreirozov.bottombaranimation.screens.CarsScreen
import codes.andreirozov.bottombaranimation.screens.SettingsScreen
import codes.andreirozov.bottombaranimation.ui.theme.BottomBarAnimationTheme
@ExperimentalAnimationApi
class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContent {
BottomBarAnimationApp()
}
}
}
@ExperimentalAnimationApi
@Composable
fun BottomBarAnimationApp() {
// State of bottomBar, set state to false, if current page route is "car_details"
val bottomBarState = rememberSaveable { (mutableStateOf(true)) }
BottomBarAnimationTheme {
val navController = rememberNavController()
// Subscribe to navBackStackEntry, required to get current route
val navBackStackEntry by navController.currentBackStackEntryAsState()
// Control BottomBar
when (navBackStackEntry?.destination?.route) {
"cars" -> {
// Show BottomBar
bottomBarState.value = true
}
"bikes" -> {
// Show BottomBar
bottomBarState.value = true
}
"settings" -> {
// Show BottomBar
bottomBarState.value = true
}
"car_details" -> {
// Hide BottomBar
bottomBarState.value = false
}
}
Scaffold(
bottomBar = {
BottomBar(
navController = navController,
bottomBarState = bottomBarState
)
},
content = {
NavHost(
navController = navController,
startDestination = NavigationItem.Cars.route,
) {
composable(NavigationItem.Cars.route) {
CarsScreen(
navController = navController,
)
}
composable(NavigationItem.Bikes.route) {
BikesScreen(
navController = navController
)
}
composable(NavigationItem.Settings.route) {
SettingsScreen(
navController = navController,
)
}
composable(NavigationItem.CarDetails.route) {
CarDetailsScreen(
navController = navController,
)
}
}
}
)
}
}
@ExperimentalAnimationApi
@Composable
fun BottomBar(navController: NavController, bottomBarState: MutableState<Boolean>) {
val items = listOf(
NavigationItem.Cars,
NavigationItem.Bikes,
NavigationItem.Settings
)
AnimatedVisibility(
visible = bottomBarState.value,
enter = slideInVertically(initialOffsetY = { it }),
exit = slideOutVertically(targetOffsetY = { it }),
content = {
BottomNavigation {
val navBackStackEntry by navController.currentBackStackEntryAsState()
val currentRoute = navBackStackEntry?.destination?.route
items.forEach { item ->
BottomNavigationItem(
icon = {
Icon(
painter = painterResource(id = item.icon),
contentDescription = item.title
)
},
label = { Text(text = item.title) },
selected = currentRoute == item.route,
onClick = {
navController.navigate(item.route) {
popUpTo(navController.graph.findStartDestination().id) {
saveState = true
}
launchSingleTop = true
restoreState = true
}
}
)
}
}
}
)
}
Result:

Don't forget to use @ExperimentalAnimationApi annotation for compose functions.
Update: with Compose version 1.1.0 and above @ExperimentalAnimationApi not required.
22.02.2022 Update: I made some research, and update point 2. Now we use when for control bottomBarState.
Full code available on gitHub:
https://github.com/AndreiRoze/BottomBarAnimation
Examples of animations available in the official documentation:
https://developer.android.com/jetpack/compose/animation