Crafting Custom Image Sequences Animation in SwiftUI: A Frame-by-Frame Approach
Animating!
This article dives into how to create custom animations in SwiftUI by sequencing images, effectively crafting a frame-by-frame animation similar to an animated GIF but with greater flexibility and control.
Difficulty: Beginner | Easy | Normal | Challenging
This article has been developed using Xcode 15.0, and Swift 5.9
Terminology
StateObject: A SwiftUI property wrapper for persisting reference-type model data across view updates.
Factory Pattern: A design pattern for creating objects without specifying their exact classes, often used for abstraction and flexibility in object creation. Article.
The Idea
Animations can be awesome! In my example (in the repo) my animation simply flicks through the numbers one to ten. However your animation might be something rather more exciting (I hope it is!).
Traditional approaches to animations, such as using GIFs or built-in animation frameworks, often come with limitations —…
