Question

I created a UIImageView that has a custom shadowPath. This view will be moved left and right across the screen, but I need the shadowPath to have a different transformation than the image layer itself. Is this possible? Moving the image itself works, and the shadow moves as well when I do the following:

[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.3];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseOut];
im.center = location;
[UIView commitAnimations];

But if I try to add a layer transformation before “commitAnimations”, the shadow will simply take on that property right away, for example:

[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:5];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseOut];
im.center = location;
im.layer.shadowPath = [self createPerspectiveShadow:im]; //this will not animate
[UIView commitAnimations];

So, my question is, is there a way to recalculate a shadow during the animation?

Thanks

Answer 1

The UIView animations don’t always allow you to animate CALayer attributes; try using a CABasicAnimation instead.