Lottie4J 1.2.0: dotLottie Support, Marker Playback, Cropping, and a Big Speed Boost

Version 1.2.0 of Lottie4J is out, and it's again a big release! The headline feature is support for the .lottie container format, but that's just the start. This release also brings marker-based playback, cropping, adaptive rendering, significant performance improvements, and a lot of core model fixes driven by testing more complex real-world animations. dotLottie File Support Until now, Lottie4J only supported the plain JSON format ( .json ). That's the original Lottie format, but LottieFiles also introduced a newer container format: .lottie . It's essentially a ZIP archive that can hold one or more animations, embedded images, sounds, and a manifest file that describes the contents. The .lottie format is a practical improvement: it makes Lottie files smaller and self-contained, bundling images and other assets alongside the animation data instead of relying on external references. Lottie4J now supports loading .lottie files directly via the core FileLoader . There are two loading mod