Animate prototypes

Before you begin, use these simple rules to understand how objects are handled during animation:

• If an object isn't present on the destination artboard, it fades in.
• If an object isn't present on the source artboard, it fades out.
• If an object has a match both in terms of its layer name and its group, attributes are animated. For a comprehensive list of supported properties and transitions, read Object properties.
• If you want to prototype a horizontal or vertical scroll effect, use scroll groups.
  

Wire the artboards in the prototype mode. 

Click the connector to view the interaction panel that appears in Property Inspector and set the following options:

• Trigger: Select an option to trigger an animation. For example, to simulate a tapping card experience, select Tap. 
• Action: Select Auto-Animate. You can now assign two actions in a single trigger such as Tap. To do so, set the first Action + button in the Property Inspector to Transition, Auto-Animate, Overlay, Scroll to, or Previous Artboard, and set the second Action + button to a non-transitional action such as Audio playback or Speech playback. Note that if you select Audio or Speech playback as the first action, you cannot add a second action.
  
• Destination: Select the destination artboard to transition the animation.
• Easing: Select an option to simulate easing effects. For example, select Ease Out if you want your animations to ease out from your prototype.

To define more interaction for an object, select the object with an interaction already defined, and click the + button on the artboard; alternatively, you can also click + on the Property Inspector.

 Remember that you can apply Tap, Drag, Hover, and Time triggers once, and Voice, Keys & Gamepad many times. 

Select    preview your animations in supported browsers. 

 Remember that XD does not support scrolling when previewing auto-animated artboards.