How can I know the values in CABasicAnimation keyPath

Question

I find some code like this:

CABasicAnimation *anim = [CABasicAnimation animation];
anim.keyPath = @"transform.scale";
anim.fromValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0];
anim.toValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:0];
anim.removedOnCompletion = NO;
anim.fillMode = kCAFillModeBoth;
anim.delegate = self;
[self.view.layer addAnimation:anim forKey:@"scaleOut"];

and

anim.keyPath = @"transform.rotation.x";

As far as I know, keyPath is a chained method invoke. "transform.scale" for CALayer is aLayer.transform.scale. "transform" is a property of CALayer, "scale" is a 'property' of transform. But property transform in CALayer is CATransform3D.

There is no property named "scale" or "rotation" in CATransform3D.

My Question is: How "scale" and "rotation" are identified by keyPath ?

Solution 1

Core Animation extends KVC to support direct addressing of fields (or pseudo fields) of some struct-type properties of layers. The feature is described in Core Animation Extensions To Key-Value Coding.

Solution 2

I'm not sure, but I found a solution that could probably help.

IN SWIFT: Instead of writing a String you can use this:

let shadowAnimation = CABasicAnimation(keyPath: #keyPath(CALayer.shadowRadius))

When you type CALayer. <- autocomplete should give you the available keyPaths.

I hope this helps.

Comments

[Iulian Onofrei]

For example, scale.xy is not in that list. So it's not complete. Where should I find all key paths or the missing ones?

[Sepehr Behroozi]

OMG couldn't Apple just create an enum for this? still can't find "transform.rotation.z" in this method

[mfaani]

@IulianOnofrei see stackoverflow.com/questions/44230796/…

[Iulian Onofrei]

@Honey, It still doesn't contain scale.xy, and maybe the reason is that scale.yx works too, so there are a lot of combinations. But nor the answer nor the documentation seem to mention this option of combining them.