qunten/ios-core-animation-advanced-techniques

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  root((iOS Core Animation))
    Content
      15 translated chapters
      Chinese language
      GitBook version available
    Core Concepts
      Layer tree
      Transforms
      Visual effects
    Animation Types
      Implicit animations
      Explicit animations
      Timer-based animations
    Advanced Topics
      Easing and timing
      Performance tuning
      Efficient drawing
    Audience
      Chinese iOS developers
      Learning advanced animation

mindmap root((iOS Core Animation)) Content 15 translated chapters Chinese language GitBook version available Core Concepts Layer tree Transforms Visual effects Animation Types Implicit animations Explicit animations Timer-based animations Advanced Topics Easing and timing Performance tuning Efficient drawing Audience Chinese iOS developers Learning advanced animation

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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Learn how iOS Core Animation layers work so you can build custom transitions and visual effects in iPhone apps

USE CASE 2

Study easing, timing, and animation performance techniques to make your iOS app animations smooth and battery-efficient

USE CASE 3

Read the chapter on specialized layer types to understand how to implement effects like reflections, particle systems, and metal rendering

USE CASE 4

Reference the image input/output and efficient drawing chapters when optimizing slow rendering in an existing iOS app

Tech stack

iOSCore AnimationObjective-CSwift

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Documentation only, no code to run. Read the Markdown files directly or via the linked GitBook formatted version.

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In plain English

This repository is a Chinese translation of the book "iOS Core Animation Advanced Techniques." Core Animation is the system Apple uses inside iOS (and macOS) to handle all the smooth motion, transitions, and visual effects you see in iPhone apps. The original book covers the subject in depth for software developers building iOS applications. The README is written in Chinese and simply links to 15 translated chapters, each stored as a Markdown file in its own folder. The chapter titles, translated, cover: the layer tree, hosted images, layer geometry, visual effects, transformations, specialized layer types, implicit animations, explicit animations, layer timing, easing (how animation speed changes over time), timer-based animations, performance optimization, efficient drawing, image input/output, and layer performance. Core Animation works through a concept called layers. Every visible element in an iOS app sits on a layer, and animations work by changing properties of those layers over time. Understanding this system lets developers create custom transitions, effects, and high-performance visuals that go beyond what the standard UI controls offer out of the box. The README also links to a formatted GitBook version of the translation, credited to another contributor who laid out the content in a more readable book format. This repository contains documentation and translation only, no runnable code. It is intended as a reading resource for Chinese-speaking iOS developers who want to learn how Core Animation works at a deeper level.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

I am reading the iOS Core Animation Advanced Techniques translation at qunten/ios-core-animation-advanced-techniques. Explain Chapter 4 on visual effects and give me a Swift code example using CALayer shadows and corner radius.

Prompt 2

Based on the Core Animation timing chapter, show me how to create a custom CAMediaTimingFunction in Swift that produces an elastic bounce effect.

Prompt 3

Using Core Animation concepts from this book, write Swift code that creates a 3D card-flip transition between two view controllers.

Prompt 4

How do I use CADisplayLink and explicit animations from Core Animation to build a smooth custom progress ring that animates in real time?

Prompt 5

Explain the BM of layer performance from Chapter 15 and show me how to measure and fix off-screen rendering in my iOS app using Instruments.

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