Test it out on a spare Pidgey/Weedle and see how long it takes. Reboot one time before you do, as I find that if the game hasn’t rebooted for a while it takes a lot longer to launch/log back in.

Yes please! Skipping animations in this game is a must add feature.

Just pinch inwards like you are zooming out on a map. That’ll stop the animation. You just won’t know what Pokemon you got from the animation.