Core Animation

E242401
Apple framework animation framework graphics rendering framework

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.

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All labels observed (4)

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

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Apple framework ⓘ
animation framework ⓘ
graphics rendering framework ⓘ
designGoal hardware acceleration ⓘ
high performance ⓘ
smooth animations ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
headerFile Core Animation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: QuartzCore.framework
integratesWith macOS Cocoa ⓘ
surface form: AppKit

Metal ⓘ
OpenGL ES ⓘ
SwiftUI ⓘ
UIKit ⓘ
layerBacks NSView ⓘ
UIKit ⓘ
surface form: UIView
namespace Core Animation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: QuartzCore
operatingSystem iOS ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
tvOS ⓘ
watchOS ⓘ
partOf Quartz ⓘ
surface form: Quartz Core
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Metal graphics API → integratesWith → Core Animation ⓘ
subject surface form: Metal
macOS Cocoa → includesFramework → Core Animation ⓘ
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 → announcedTechnology → Core Animation ⓘ
UIKit → relatedTo → Core Animation ⓘ
Quartz 2D → integratesWith → Core Animation ⓘ
SceneKit → integratesWith → Core Animation ⓘ
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard → includedFeature → Core Animation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Core Animation framework
macOS SDK → containsFramework → Core Animation ⓘ
Aqua user interface → usesTechnology → Core Animation ⓘ
Quartz → relatedTechnology → Core Animation ⓘ
subject surface form: Quartz (Apple graphics)
Core Animation → headerFile → Core Animation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: QuartzCore.framework
Core Animation → namespace → Core Animation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: QuartzCore
Apple platforms APIs → includesFramework → Core Animation ⓘ