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iOS Core Animation: Advanced Techniques, Part 1: The Layer Beneath

Author: https://www.cyanhall.com/

1. The Layer Tree

Core Animation's original name is Layer Kit

Core Animation is a compositing engine; its job is to compose different pieces of visual content on the screen, and to do so as fast as possible. The content in question is divided into individual layers stored in a hierarchy known as the layer tree. This tree forms the underpinning for all of UIKit, and for everything that you see on the screen in an iOS application.

In UIView, tasks such as rendering, layout and animation are all managed by a Core Animation class called CALayer. The only major feature of UIView that isn’t handled by CALayer is user interaction.

There are four hierarchies, each performing a different role:

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func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: NSDictionary?) -> Bool {
// Override point for customization after application launch.
self.window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds)
var nav1 = UINavigationController()
var first = FirstViewController(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
nav1.viewControllers = [first]
var second = SecondViewController(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
var nav2 = UINavigationController()
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//
// NBResponderChainUtilities.h
//
// Created by Nicolas @ bou.io on 19/04/13.
//
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
@interface UIView (NBResponderChainUtilities)
- (UIView*) nb_firstResponder; // Recurse into subviews to find one that responds YES to -isFirstResponder
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joaofranca / gist:3159618
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gist 7: iOS - Customize UITableViewCell delete/move overlay views while editing
- (void)layoutSubviews{
[super layoutSubviews];
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState:YES];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.0f];
for (UIView *subview in self.subviews) {