rive-flutter/example/lib/play_pause_animation.dart

/// Demonstrates how to play and pause a looping animation

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:rive/rive.dart';

class PlayPauseAnimation extends StatefulWidget {
  const PlayPauseAnimation({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  _PlayPauseAnimationState createState() => _PlayPauseAnimationState();
}

class _PlayPauseAnimationState extends State<PlayPauseAnimation> {
  /// Controller for playback
  late RiveAnimationController _controller;

  /// Toggles between play and pause animation states
  void _togglePlay() =>
      setState(() => _controller.isActive = !_controller.isActive);

  /// Tracks if the animation is playing by whether controller is running
  bool get isPlaying => _controller.isActive;

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _controller = SimpleAnimation('idle');
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: const Text('Animation Example'),
      ),
      body: Center(
        child: RiveAnimation.network(
          'https://cdn.rive.app/animations/vehicles.riv',
          controllers: [_controller],
          // Update the play state when the widget's initialized
          onInit: (_) => setState(() {}),
        ),
      ),
      floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
        onPressed: _togglePlay,
        tooltip: isPlaying ? 'Pause' : 'Play',
        child: Icon(
          isPlaying ? Icons.pause : Icons.play_arrow,
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}