Chapter 2. What Can and Should I Animate?
In This Chapter
Core Animation provides a wide array of properties that you can animate on both Core Animation layers and Cocoa windows and views. But just because you have Core Animation in your toolkit, though, doesn’t mean it should be used for everything in your app. This chapter looks at the properties you can animate and discusses whether you should animate them.
Core Animation is a great technology, but every great technology can be overused or downright abused. We make some suggestions to help you avoid the pitfalls that lead to such abuse. You’ll be thankful you took our advice and so will your users.
What Can I Animate?
Animation is something ...
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