Advanced iOS App Development: Core Animation

Leverage the Core Animation API to bring your iOS app interactions and visuals to life with stunning, complex animations.

Introduction

• An advanced look at CoreAnimation
• What you should know

1. Getting Started

• Starter project overview
• Core Animation 101

2. Thinking in Layers

• Simple layer animation
• Reusing animations
• Using fill modes
• Working with springs, part 1
• Working with springs, part 2
• Understanding the presentation layer
• Keys and delegates, part 1
• Keys and delegates, part 2
• Easing and looping animations
• Chapter challenge
• Solution

3. Groups, Keyframes, and Transitions

• Creating animation groups
• Working with keyframe animations, part 1
• Working with keyframe animations, part 2
• Using layer transitions
• Chapter challenge
• Solution

4. Shape Layers and Beyond

• Animating gradients
• Working with shape properties
• Animating keyframes by path
• Modifying shapes
• Working with replicator layers
• Chapter challenge
• Solution

5. Customizing Actions and Transactions

• Creating action objects
• CALayerDelegate
• Using custom transactions
• Chapter challenge
• Solution

6. 3D Effects and Animations

• Creating perspective
• Working in 3D
• Animating in 3D
• Creating a particle emitter
• Customizing emitter cells
• Chapter challenge
• Solution

Conclusion

• Next steps