Core Animation is the technology underlying Apple's iOS user interface. By unleashing the full power of Core Animation, you can enhance your app with impressive 2D and 3D visual effects and create exciting and unique new interfaces. In this in-depth guide, iOS developer Nick Lockwood takes you step-by-step through the Core Animation framework, building up your understanding through sample code and diagrams together with comprehensive explanations and helpful tips. Lockwood demystifies the Core Animation APIs, and teaches you how to make use of Layers and views, software drawing and hardware compositing Layer geometry, hit testing and clipping Layer effects, transforms and 3D interfaces Video playback, text, tiled images, OpenGL, particles and reflections Implicit and explicit animations Property animations, keyframes and transitions Easing, frame-by-frame animation and physics Performance tuning and much, much more! Approximately 356 pages.

Core Animation is the technology underlying Apple’s iOS user interface. By unleashing the full power of Core Animation, you can enhance your app with impressive 2D and 3D visual effects and create exciting and unique new interfaces. ¿ In this in-depth guide, iOS developer Nick Lockwood takes you step-by-step through the Core Animation framework, building up your understanding through sample code and diagrams together with comprehensive explanations and helpful tips. Lockwood demystifies the Core Animation APIs, and teaches you how to make use of Layers and views, software drawing and hardware compositing Layer geometry, hit testing and clipping Layer effects, transforms and 3D interfaces Video playback, text, tiled images, OpenGL, particles and reflections Implicit and explicit animations Property animations, keyframes and transitions Easing, frame-by-frame animation and physics Performance tuning and much, much more! Approximately 356 pages. www.informit.com/aw

Make Delightful Animations with Swift!There's no denying it: creating animations is one of the most enjoyable parts of iOS development.Animations are fun to create, they breathe life into your user interface, and they make your app a delight to use.In this book, you'll learn about iOS animation in Swift from beginning to advanced through a series of hands-on tutorials and challenges, that make your app look and feel great.Who This Book Is ForThis book is for intermediate to advanced developers, who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development and want to dive deep into animations.Topics Covered in iOS Animations by Tutorials:SwiftUI: Learn how to bring this exciting new technology to life.View Animations: Learn how to animate views: size, position, color, and more.Springs: Make your animations bounce with realistic spring behavior.Transitions: Add subtle transitions when you add or remove subviews.Keyframe Animations: Learn how to make complex animations with precise multi-stage timing.Animation and Auto Layout: Learn how to animate with Auto Layout by animating constraints.Layer Animations: Dive deeper and use layer animation for more advanced techniques.Shapes and Masks: Learn how to use shapes and layer masks for cool effects.Gradient Animations: Make moving gradients like the "slide to unlock" screen.Stroke and Path Animations: Animate lines moving over time along a path.3D Animations: Rotate, translate, and scale your layers over time in three dimensions.

Apple’s Core Animation framework enables Mac OS X, iPhone, and iPod touch developers to create richer, more visual applications–more easily than ever and with far less code. Now, there’s a comprehensive, example-rich, full-color reference to Core Animation for experienced OS X and iPhone developers who want to make the most of this powerful framework. Marcus Zarra and Matt Long reveal exactly what Core Animation can and can’t do, how to use it most effectively–and how to avoid misusing it. Building on your existing knowledge of Objective-C, Cocoa, and Xcode, they present expert techniques, insights, and downloadable code for all aspects of Core Animation programming, from keyframing to movie playback. Zarra and Long thoroughly review similarities and differences between Core Animation on the Mac and iPhone, helping you write code that can easily move between platforms. They also present a full chapter of innovative techniques and proven “rules of thumb” for optimizing Core Animation’s real-world performance. Coverage includes: Taking full advantage of Core Animation’s lightweight layers and views Using keyframes to gain complete control over your animations Creating startling effects with Core Animation transforms Leveraging Core Image’s powerful filtering capabilities from within Core Animation Playing QuickTime movies using Core Animation’s QTMovieLayer Using the OpenGL layer to achieve greater control over movie playback Integrating advanced Quartz Composer visualizations into your user interfaces How to use helper layers to draw gradients, composite shapes, and replicate sublayers Adding mouse and keyboard user interaction points, and much more...

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Learn how to use the Core Graphics and Core Animation frameworks to create and animate graphics in your iOS applications. After reading this guide, you will know how to generate custom graphics, how to manipulate images, and how to create animations. Table of Contents CORE GRAPHICS FRAMEWORK Core Graphics Data Types Quartz 2D Context Paths Colors Configuration Saving the State Clipping Gradients Shadows Transformations Text Images Drawing Cycle Image Context CORE ANIMATION FRAMEWORK Core Animation Layers 3D Transformations UIView Animations QUICK REFERENCE CGFloat CGSize CGPoint CGVector CGRect CGContext UIColor UIImage CGImage CGGradient CGAffineTransform UIGraphicsImageRenderer UIGraphicsImageRendererContext CALayer UIViewPropertyAnimator UIViewAnimating UICubicTimingParameters UISpringTimingParameters Functions This guide assumes that you have a basic knowledge of app development, Xcode, and the Swift language. If you don't know how to program in Swift or how to create an application with Xcode, download our guides Introduction to Swift and Interface Builder. For a complete course on app development for iOS, read our book iOS Apps for Masterminds. This guide is a collection of excerpts from the book iOS Apps for Masterminds. The information included in this guide will help you understand a particular aspect of app development in iOS, but it will not teach you everything you need to know to develop an app for Apple devices. If you need a complete course on app development for iOS, read our book iOS Apps for Masterminds. For more information, visit our website at www.formasterminds.com.

Jazz up your iPhone and iPad apps with some slick graphics and animation—and keep users from looking elsewhere. This short and concise book shows developers with even little Cocoa programming experience how to create impressive graphics and animation effects with relatively easy coding. Learn how to incorporate smooth animations and draw images in your apps to achieve the classy look you want. The recipes in this book include step-by-step instructions and simple code solutions that you can put to work right away. Learn basic concepts for adapting to different screen sizes Construct, set, and use colors Draw text, images, lines, and rectangles Add shadows to shapes Create and draw gradients Learn how to animate and scale, rotate, or move views