CABasicAnimation

Introduction I was curious about creating animations in UIKit. I wanted to animate different properties such as color and path. Here is what I found: It’s impossible to create complex animations only by using the block-based animation API. To do that, you need the Core Animation API and CAPropertyAnimation with its various subclasses. Complex animation in UIKit is based on a few key components: CAShapeLayer - provides extensive customization options: path, stroke, fill, shadow CABasicAnimation - helps animate color or change the path Implementation First Step The first step is to create a shape layer that will draw an arrow using CAShapeLayer....