Chapter 17. Core Animation

One of the iconic things about iOS is its cinematic user experience. GUI elements slide on and off screen, fade in, fade out, flip, curl, and bounce, the result of which is an interface that feels very smooth, dynamic, and organic.

Powering this cinematic experience is one of iOS' foundation technologies, Core Animation. The Core Animation API provides you with a number of UIView-based animation features that allow you to easily animate changes in your interface so that your applications can provide the same cinematic experience that users have come to expect from iOS applications. View-based animation includes two types of animations: transition animations and same view animations. Transition animations are animations ...

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