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Interactive animations that respond to user input are built using state machines that listen to events like clicks and hovers. Rive state machines in React handle this by exposing named inputs you wire to UI events, letting animations update reactively without managing complex animation logic yourself.

Yes, Rive integrates with React through the @rive-app/react-canvas library. You load a .riv file containing a state machine, use the useRive hook to access it, and connect UI events to state machine inputs using useStateMachineInput to trigger animation transitions.

Animated buttons and toggles are built by defining state machines in Rive with states for each visual state (idle, hover, pressed), then connecting those states to inputs tied to React event handlers. The state machine automatically transitions between animations based on user interaction.

Data-driven animations use state machine inputs to respond to data values, not just user events. Wire your data to state machine inputs via useStateMachineInput—for example, passing progress values to a progress indicator animates it based on your app's state.

Rive provides SSR-safe patterns for React that prevent hydration mismatches. Load the .riv file and initialize the state machine on the client side to ensure animations render consistently across server and browser contexts.