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Adam Berkowitz
2,673 PointsAnimation code challenge question
So I did all the steps for the animation code challenge (with some forum help), but I'm still a little confused by one thing. Why is it necessary to specify in the second step that - imageView.animationImages = robotImages; but then not use robotImages again for the following steps? Is it because you need to explicitly state where the software should look for the array of images to animate?
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Caleb Abraham
15,158 PointsI haven't done that challenge in months but I can explain something about animationImages. Understand that what you're doing is calling a property of the imageView. So you have an object called imageView and it happens to have this thing to describe it. A property of the object called animationImages. imageView.animationImages states that the images for animating this object are the thing on the right side of the equals sign. robotImages. Now what is robotImages? It's an array of pictures. After you set a duration and kick off the animation, imageView will flip through this array of robotImages like a flipbook and you get an animation. So there's no need to use that array again once you set the property animationImages to robotImages. Hope this helps.
Adam Berkowitz
2,673 PointsAdam Berkowitz
2,673 PointsGot it! Thanks - the way some of these properties and objects seem to refer back to each other is taking some getting used to.