Using gganimate with ggpattern

This is a very simple proof-of-concept of animating a ggpattern with gganimate.

library(ggpattern)
if (require("gganimate")) {

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Create a dataset with 2 different states
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
df1 <- data.frame(time = 1, offset = 0    , trt = c("a", "b", "c"), outcome = c(2.3, 1.9, 3.2), stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
df2 <- data.frame(time = 2, offset = 0.045, trt = c("a", "b", "c"), outcome = c(2.3, 1.9, 3.2), stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
df  <- rbind(df1, df2)

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Plot the two different states and transition between them.
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
p <- ggplot(df, aes(trt, outcome)) +
  geom_col_pattern(
    aes(
      pattern_fill    = trt, 
      pattern_xoffset = I(offset), 
      pattern_yoffset = I(-offset)
    ), 
    colour          = 'black', 
    fill            = 'white',
    pattern_density = 0.5,
    pattern_angle   = 45
  ) +
  theme_bw() +
  labs(title = "ggpattern + gganimate") + 
  theme(legend.position = 'none') + 
  coord_fixed(ratio = 1/2) 

p <- p + transition_states(time, transition_length = 2,
                    state_length = 0, wrap = FALSE)

animate(p, nframes = 60, fps = 20)

}
#> Loading required package: gganimate
#> Loading required package: ggplot2

Future

  • Include more examples