Question

A slightly odd question, but is there anyway to find out what easing functions are used in the WinRT XAML Theme Animations – more specifically I’m trying to replicate that of the EntranceThemeTransition (which I can’t use directly).

I naively thought using something like .NET reflector would help, but I’d gather I’d need the actual source code rather than what .Net Reflector shows.

Anyone any ideas?

Answer 1

You might like to take a look at the AnimationMetrics sample on MSDN.

There is an AnimationDescription class that will tell you all sorts of info on the built in animation types, basically anything in the Windows.UI.Core.AnimationMetrics.AnimationEffect enum.

For example:

var animationDescription = new AnimationDescription(AnimationEffect.EnterPage, AnimationEffectTarget.Incoming);

var s = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
s.AppendFormat("Stagger delay = {0}ms", animationDescription.StaggerDelay.TotalMilliseconds);
s.AppendLine();
s.AppendFormat("Stagger delay factor = {0}", animationDescription.StaggerDelayFactor);
s.AppendLine();
s.AppendFormat("Delay limit = {0}ms", animationDescription.DelayLimit.TotalMilliseconds);
s.AppendLine();
s.AppendFormat("ZOrder = {0}", animationDescription.ZOrder);
s.AppendLine();
s.AppendLine();
//etc

Link: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Animation-metrics-sample-acb0220c