iOS Core Animation: Advanced Techniques

iOS Core Animation: Advanced Techniques

<P style="MARGIN: 0px">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.</P> 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</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Layers and views, software drawing and hardware compositing</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Layer geometry, hit testing and clipping</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Layer effects, transforms and 3D interfaces</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Video playback, text, tiled images, OpenGL, particles and reflections</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Implicit and explicit animations</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Property animations, keyframes and transitions</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Easing, frame-by-frame animation and physics</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Performance tuning and much, much more!</DIV> </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Approximately 356 pages.</P>