# Lottie animations work on IOS but in android they crash the app
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/lottie-animations-work-on-ios-but-in-android-they-crash-the-app/111655
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [June 18, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lottie-animations-work-on-ios-but-in-android-they-crash-the-app/111655 "2019-06-18T19:20:38Z")
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### Author:  [@Alan\_dega](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Alan_dega)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lottie-animations-work-on-ios-but-in-android-they-crash-the-app/111655/1 "2019-06-18T19:20:38Z")
I made some animations in haiku.
In IOS they work fine but in android they crash the app, anybody knows why?
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### Author:  [@Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Cian_O_Sullivan)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lottie-animations-work-on-ios-but-in-android-they-crash-the-app/111655/2 "2019-06-18T19:32:04Z")
Try very very simple ones first. Dont add sound. see if you can get any to work on Android.
I find complex ones and ones when you add sound at the same time can cause issues.
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### Author:  [@Alan\_dega](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Alan_dega)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lottie-animations-work-on-ios-but-in-android-they-crash-the-app/111655/3 "2019-06-18T19:34:17Z")
thanks cian i will try that
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### Author:  [@angelshce22](https://community.thunkable.com/u/angelshce22)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lottie-animations-work-on-ios-but-in-android-they-crash-the-app/111655/4 "2019-09-03T20:53:21Z")
Yep im trying now , in android thunkable live test crash , whit a critical Error Occured
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### Author:  [@Mark](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lottie-animations-work-on-ios-but-in-android-they-crash-the-app/111655/5 "2019-12-14T00:28:16Z")
> [@Critical error when using animation](http://community.thunkable.com/t/critical-error-when-using-animation/365941/3):
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> This is a known issue in Android. Many Lottie animation files are created from a tool called bodymovin. A little while back that tool was updated and and started generating files in a slightly different way. These new files exposed a bug in the Android version of the 3rd party package that we (indirectly) use to render those animations. We’ve been waiting a while for that package to get updated and incorporated into Expo (one of our primary frameworks). That recently happened. We hope to be a…
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### Author:  [@DevilLooper](https://community.thunkable.com/u/DevilLooper)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lottie-animations-work-on-ios-but-in-android-they-crash-the-app/111655/6 "2019-12-14T12:11:37Z")
have you try using GIF and replace lottie using image component. YOu can download it in lottie websites as GIF instead if json… and upload it in your assets. It much safer than json
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### Author:  [@drted](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drted)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lottie-animations-work-on-ios-but-in-android-they-crash-the-app/111655/7 "2020-05-09T22:19:15Z")
I am still encountering this error. Has the packaged been updated or is this just a new issue for me?
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lottie-animations-work-on-ios-but-in-android-they-crash-the-app/111655/8 "2024-11-08T11:29:17Z")