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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7) Animating and Intercepting Events Image Based Animation

Posted by Stuart Forrest
Stuart Forrest
4,178 Points

My background wont animate :-(

I've checked my code and it appears to be the same but no animation.

Kai Aldag
Kai Aldag
Courses Plus Student 13,560 Points

please paste in your code

3 Answers

Stuart Forrest
Stuart Forrest
4,178 Points

I knew it would be something stupid....Missing 0 in image name...Sorry to have troubled you...

Stuart

Patrick Serrano
Patrick Serrano
13,834 Points
Patrick Serrano
Patrick Serrano
13,834 Points

Please share your code with us so we can take a look. Also are you getting any complier warning in Xcode?

Stuart Forrest
Stuart Forrest
4,178 Points
Stuart Forrest
Stuart Forrest
4,178 Points

Thanks for helping Patrick, probably something really simple I am missing.

ViewController.h // // bfViewController.h // Crystal Ball // // Created by Stuart Forrest on 5/23/14. // Copyright (c) 2014 Stareagle. All rights reserved. //

import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@class bfCrystallBall;

@interface bfViewController : UIViewController

@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *labelPrediction; @property (strong, nonatomic) bfCrystallBall *crystalBall;

@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIImageView *backgroundImageView;

  • (void) makePrediction;

@end

ViewController.m // // bfViewController.m // Crystal Ball // // Created by Stuart Forrest on 5/23/14. // Copyright (c) 2014 Stareagle. All rights reserved. //

import "bfViewController.h"

import "bfCrystallBall.h"

@interface bfViewController ()

@end

@implementation bfViewController

  • (void)viewDidLoad{ [super viewDidLoad]; // Do any addit ional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib. self.crystalBall = [[bfCrystallBall alloc]init]; self.backgroundImageView.animationImages = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects: [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0001"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0002"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0003"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0004"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0005"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0006"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0007"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0008"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0009"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0010"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0011"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0012"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0013"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0014"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0015"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0016"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0017"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0018"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0019"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0020"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0021"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0022"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0023"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0024"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0025"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0026"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0027"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0028"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0029"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0030"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0031"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0032"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0033"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0034"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0035"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0036"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0037"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0038"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0039"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0040"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0041"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0042"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0043"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0044"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0045"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0046"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0047"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0048"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0049"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0050"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0051"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0052"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0053"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0054"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0055"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0056"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0057"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0058"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0059"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"CB0060"],nil]; self.backgroundImageView.animationDuration = 2.5f; self.backgroundImageView.animationRepeatCount = 1; }

  • (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning{ [super didReceiveMemoryWarning]; // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated. }

pragma mark - Prediction

  • (void) makePrediction{ [self.backgroundImageView startAnimating]; self.labelPrediction.text = [self.crystalBall randomPrediction]; self.labelPrediction.textColor = [UIColor purpleColor]; }

pragma mark - Motion Events

  • (void) motionBegan:(UIEventSubtype)motion withEvent:(UIEvent *)event{ self.labelPrediction.text = nil; NSLog(@"Motion Began"); }

  • (void) motionEnded:(UIEventSubtype)motion withEvent:(UIEvent *)event{ if (motion == UIEventSubtypeMotionShake) { [self makePrediction]; } NSLog(@"Motion ended"); }

  • (void) motionCancelled:(UIEventSubtype)motion withEvent:(UIEvent *)event{ NSLog(@"Motion Cancelled"); }

pragma mark - Touch Events

  • (void) touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event{ self.labelPrediction.text = nil; }

  • (void) touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event{ [self makePrediction]; }

  • (void) touchesCancelled:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event{

} @end