Animate a longitudinal netify object with gganimate

returns a ggplot built from the per-period plot.netify() output, with gganimate::transition_manual() keyed on the time variable so the animation steps through each period. requires the gganimate package.

Usage

animate_netify(netlet, ..., static_actor_positions = TRUE)

Arguments

netlet

a longitudinal netify object (longit_array / longit_list).

...

additional arguments passed to plot.netify() (node_color_by, node_size_by, style, etc.).

static_actor_positions

logical. if TRUE (default for animation since positions jumping around between periods is visually confusing), pin node positions across time.

Value

a gganim object. render with gganimate::animate(.) or gganimate::anim_save("file.gif", .).

Details

for static facet plots, just call plot(net) on a longit netlet – that defaults to faceting by time. use animate_netify() for single-panel transitions instead of grid faceting (better for presentations / videos where the eye can focus on one period at a time).

Author

cassy dorff, shahryar minhas

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
library(gganimate)
anim <- animate_netify(longit_net, node_color_by = "polity")
anim_save("trade_anim.gif", anim, fps = 4)
} # }