Core Animation

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Core Animation is Apple’s high-performance graphics rendering and animation framework used to create smooth, hardware-accelerated visual effects in macOS, iOS, and other Apple platforms.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Core Animation canonical 10
Core Animation framework 1
QuartzCore 1

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Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Apple framework
animation framework
graphics rendering framework
designGoal hardware acceleration
high performance
smooth animations
developer Apple Inc.
headerFile QuartzCore.framework
linked to: Core Animation
integratesWith AppKit
linked to: macOS Cocoa

Metal
OpenGL ES
SwiftUI
UIKit
layerBacks NSView
UIView
linked to: UIKit
namespace QuartzCore
linked to: Core Animation
operatingSystem iOS
iPadOS
macOS
tvOS
watchOS
partOf Quartz Core
linked to: Quartz
primaryAbstraction CALayer
programmingLanguage Objective-C
Swift
supports2DTransforms true
supports3DPerspective true
supports3DTransforms true
supportsAffineTransforms true
supportsAnimationsOnBackgroundThread true
supportsBasicAnimations true
supportsBorders true
supportsCompositing true
supportsContentsGravity true
supportsContentsScale true
supportsCornerRadius true
supportsExplicitAnimations true
supportsHitTesting true
supportsImplicitAnimations true
supportsImplicitLayerBackedViews true
supportsKeyframeAnimations true
supportsLayerHierarchy true
supportsMasking true
supportsOffscreenRendering true
supportsOpacity true
supportsRasterization true
supportsRetinaDisplays true
supportsShadows true
supportsSpringAnimations true
supportsTimingFunctions true
supportsTransactions true
usedFor compositing complex UIs
scrolling performance
user interface animations
view transitions
visual effects
usesHardwareAcceleration true

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Metal integratesWith Core Animation
subject linked to: Metal graphics API
macOS Cocoa includesFramework Core Animation
UIKit relatedTo Core Animation
Quartz 2D integratesWith Core Animation
SceneKit integratesWith Core Animation
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard includedFeature Core Animation framework
linked to: Core Animation
macOS SDK containsFramework Core Animation
Aqua user interface usesTechnology Core Animation
Quartz (Apple graphics) relatedTechnology Core Animation
subject linked to: Quartz
Core Animation headerFile QuartzCore.framework
linked to: Core Animation
Core Animation namespace QuartzCore
linked to: Core Animation
Apple platforms APIs includesFramework Core Animation