Animating Views with Core Animation
Previously we looked at tasks from the class UIView that helped create animations. These tasks provide an opaque view into how animations are implemented on iOS. This section will take a closer look at how animations are defined with the framework known as Core Animation. Core Animation is the framework responsible for most animations on iOS devices and is the framework used behind the scenes by the static UIView tasks.
The best way to start understanding Core Animation is to continue our example and see how we create the animation of the coins trading places. Figure 4–8 shows the animation of the coins trading places.
Figure 4–8. Coins switching locations
The coin in the first column and second row (a ...
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