I did just this recently. I detailed the imperfections first, which were similar to this in concept, and then walked through the improvements I made.

If you're curious, you can see it here: https://www.thisischris.dev/projects/project-6/

Thanks for highlighting the "one element cross fades into a totally different one" example. That particular type of animation really makes an app feel ungrounded and unreliable to me, it gives a sense that the UI elements aren't really tied closely to the data and are just barely existing. And somehow I see it all the time across tons of apps.

The improved versions where the elements actually transform into each other, sharing the same visual real estate, is so much better.