Core Animation for Mac OS X and the iPhone: Creating Compelling Dynamic User Interfaces

by Bill Dudney, Daniel H. Steinberg (Editor)

Have you seen Apple's Front Row application and Cover Flow effects? Then you've seen Core Animation at work. It's about making applications that give strong visual feedback through movement and morphing, rather than repainting panels. This comprehensive guide will get you up to speed quickly and take you into the depths of this new technology.

Mac OS X Leopard introduces a fantastic new technology that makes writing applications with animated and cinematic user interfaces much easier. We'll explore this new technology by starting with the familiar concepts you already know from the pre-Leopard development kits. Then we'll see how they apply to the new frameworks and APIs. We'll build on your existing knowledge of Cocoa and bring you efficiently up to speed on what Core Animation is all about. With this book in hand, you can add Core Animation to your Cocoa applications, and make stunning user interfaces that your user's will be showing off to their friends.

Genres: Technology, Computers, Programming

188 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2008

Reviews

[Jose Lobato · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basic

[Laurent · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book is not very thick, so it is a quick read.. The iTunes online presentations on Core Animation almost do a better job than this book. If you can access them, then this book is not worth the extra money.