Animations code doesn't work

Question

I'm new to the platform, and I don't have much experience using Latex. I'm trying to learn how to use the packaged \usetikzlibrary{animations} in Tikzpicture, following the steps of the site https://tikz.dev/tikz-animations, but every time I try to run it on my TexMaker machine (windows) and Overleaf, any code of these animations it either shows errors or it doesnt execute any of the animations, which I don't understand and don't know how to fix. Does anyone out there know how I run these Tikzpicture animation codes in Overleaf and TexMaker? Here's an example of a code I tried to use

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{animations} % LATEX and plain TEX
%\usetikzlibrary[animations] % ConTEXt
\begin{document}
The code below doesnt work, keaps getting error
\begin{tikzpicture}[
animate/orbit/.style 2 args = {
    myself:shift = {
      along = {
        (0,0) circle [radius=#1]
      } sloped in #2s/10,
      repeats }} ]
\node :color = {0s = "orange",
             2s = "red",
             4s = "orange",
             repeats}
   {Sun};
\begin{scope}[animate={orbit={2.5cm}{365}}]
\node {Earth};
\node [animate={orbit={1cm}{28}}] {Moon};
\end{scope}
\useasboundingbox (-3.8,-3.8) (3.8,3.8);
\end{tikzpicture}
The code below doesnt work the animation 
\tikz [animate = {
object = node, attribute = fill, time = 0s, value = red, entry,
object = node, attribute = fill, time = 2s, value = blue, entry,
object = node, attribute = fill, begin on = click, entry}]
\node (node) [fill, text=white] { Click me };
\end{document}

I Also notice that in other for the animation to run you need a special program like Adobe or FoxIt Reader, but how can i incorporate these animations on an Beamer presentation?

Answer 1

As cfr puts it in their comment, PGF's animations library is meant to produce animated SVG output. For this kind of animations, animation frames are computed at viewing time in the web browser.

To make use of them in PDF documents, such as beamer class presentations, snapshots at intermediate stages must be taken, which serve as animation frames. They can be animated using a frame-based animation package, such as animate for example. The PDF output can be viewed in JavaScript-supporting PDF viewers, such as Acrobat Reader or Okular. Foxit may work as well (untested).

Run pdflatex or lualatex twice on the code:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{animations} % SVG animations
\usepackage{animate} % frame-based animations
\begin{document}
\newcommand\tikzsnapshot[1]{% arg #1: time of snapshot [s]
  \begin{tikzpicture}[
  make snapshot of = #1, % <== added for taking snapshots of intermediate stages
  animate/orbit/.style 2 args = {
      myself:shift = {
        along = {
          (0,0) circle [radius=##1] % <== escape #' with 2nd#' 
        } sloped in ##2s/10, % <== escape #' with 2nd#'
        repeats }} ]
\node :color = {0s = "orange",
               2s = "red",
               4s = "orange",
               repeats}
     {Sun};
\begin{scope}[animate={orbit={2.5cm}{365}}]
  \node {Earth};
  \node [animate={orbit={1cm}{30.41666}}] {Moon}; % <== adjusted synodic period (=365/12) to
  \end{scope}                                     %  fit 12 full cycles into 365 days
\useasboundingbox (-3.8,-3.8) (3.8,3.8);
  \end{tikzpicture}%
}
\begin{frame}[fragile]{PGF's \texttt{animations} library example}
\begin{animateinline}[autoplay,controls,loop]{24} % <== frames per second (FPS)=24
\multiframe{\fpeval{36.524}}{rTime=0+\fpeval{1/24}}{ % number of animation frames=durationFPS; snapshot delta t=1/FPS
  \tikzsnapshot{\rTime}
}
\end{animateinline}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

The tikzpicture environment (with minor code changes applied) has been placed in a user-defined LaTeX command which takes the snapshot time as its argument #1. Note the addition of make snapshot of = ... to the environment options. It allows taking snapshots with non-SVG output drivers.

The animate package can also be used to produce frame-based animations in SVG output (as in the linked document at the beginning of this answer). Instructions on making beamer-class slides in SVG format are given in this topic.