Brace yourself, Animations are coming!
As anticipated at ReactEurope by Spencer Ahrens the Animated API has made his debut on React Native (v0.8.0-rc).

Brent Vatne apparently has some superpowers and he used them to read our minds. Guess what demo he's showing us for the "Animated" API:

react-native-animated-demo-tinder on GitHub

Simple example of Tinder-style gestures/animations using the new Animated API in React Native