Animating Text in SwiftUI

You can add one by one character into a string with animation after 0.1 seconds additional, but remember to disable the button toggle while the characters being added, like below:

Code:

public struct TextAnimation: View {

public init(){ }
@State var text: String = ""
@State var toggle = false

public var body: some View {
  VStack{
    Text(text).animation(.spring())
    HStack {
      Button {
        toggle.toggle()
      } label: {
        Text("Toggle")
      }
    }.padding()
  }.onChange(of: toggle) { toggle in
    if toggle {
      text = ""
      "This is considerably longer.".enumerated().forEach { index, character in
        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + Double(index) * 0.1) {
          text += String(character)
        }
      }
    } else {
      text = "This is short."
    }
  }
}
}

Here is a demo of possible approach (scratchy - you can redesign it to extension, modifier, or separate view)

Tested with Xcode 11.4 / iOS 13.4

struct ContentView: View {
    @State var shortString = true
    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            if shortString {
                Text("This is short.").font(.title).fixedSize()
                .transition(AnyTransition.opacity.animation(.easeInOut(duration:1.0)))
            }
            if !shortString {
                Text("This is considerably longer.").font(.title).fixedSize()
                .transition(AnyTransition.opacity.animation(.easeInOut(duration:1.0)))
            }

            Button(action: {self.shortString.toggle()}) {
                Text("Toggle").padding()
            }
        }
    }
}

Any suggestions for shrinking an animated gif's dimensions?

I use this way:
- decrease zoom of Preview to 75% (or resize window of Simulator)
- use QuickTimePlayer region-based Screen Recording
- use https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif for converting to GIF

If you add .animation(nil) to the Text object definition then the contents will change directly between values, avoiding ellipsis.

However, this may prevent the animation of the text location, which you also mention wanting to do simultaneously.