Core Animation is the technology underlying Apple’s iOS user interface. By unleashing the full power of Core Animation, you can enhance your app with impressive 2D and 3D visual effects and create exciting and unique new interfaces.

In this in-depth guide, iOS developer Nick Lockwood takes you step-by-step through the Core Animation framework, building up your understanding through sample code and diagrams together with comprehensive explanations and helpful tips. Lockwood demystifies the Core Animation APIs, and teaches you how to make use of

Layers and views, software drawing and hardware compositing

Layer geometry, hit testing and clipping

Layer effects, transforms and 3D interfaces

Video playback, text, tiled images, OpenGL, particles and reflections

Implicit and explicit animations

Property animations, keyframes and transitions

Easing, frame-by-frame animation and physics

Performance tuning and much, much more!