#Animator: Animator is a helper class to ease your mind when working with animations on Titanium.
##Usage: In your app.js (or elsewhere), call:
// Load the animator helper
var Animator = require("Animator");Now that you have the module initialised you can call one of these animation functions:
- scale: increases or decreases the size of the view
- rotate: rotates the view
- fade: changes the opacity of the view
- flip: flips the view (horizontally if nothing is passed)
- moveTo: moves the view in the X and Y coordinates
- sizeTo: resizing and positioning the view through width, height, bottom, top, left and right
- backgroundColor: changes the backgroundColor of the view with fading effect
- shake: shake a view like the code dots on the iOS passcode screen
Let's for example scale a window to 80% of its size
// Load the animator helper
new Animator().scale({ view: window, value: 0.8, duration: 500 }); ##Helpers inside the helper
Queuing animations can be a pain. That is why you can also find two specials methods called:
- sequence: uses an array of animations and queues them one after the other
- parallel: uses an array of animations and runs them all at once
Let's do a quick example
// do a bunch of animations one after the other
new Animator().sequence([
{
type: "scale",
view: pink,
value: 1.5,
duration: 500 },
{
type: "rotate",
view: pink,
value: 57,
duration: 500 } ,
{
type: "fade",
view: blue,
value: 0.8,
duration: 500 } ,
{
type: "moveTo",
view: pink,
value: {x: 0, y: 200 },
duration: 500 },
]);Without the sequence method, achieving the same result without the previous code will be a nesting nightmare.
##More examples For more information check out the examples.js file. Or browse around the Animator.js file.
##About: Created by Raul Riera, @raulriera