Core Animation: Simplified Animation Techniques for Mac® and iPhone® Development

Chapter 13. Core Animationon the iPhone

In This Chapter

• The (Cold Hard) Facts About Core Animation on the iPhone

• Building a Core Animation Application for Cocoa Touch

• Core Animation and Cocoa Touch Example

• Doing Animations at the UIView Level

Until now, we discussed Core Animation as it exists on the desktop. However, Core Animation is also available as part of Cocoa Touch, which runs on the iPhone and iPod touch. When it comes to Cocoa Touch, Core Animation is a foundational part of the user interface for those devices. As the story goes, Core Animation was originally written for Cocoa Touch and then exported to Mac OS X Leopard and expanded for use in desktop applications. Considering how intertwined Core Animation is with the entire ...