iOS Bounce Animation

Sep 3, 2012 · ios

I have an app where tapping various icons bounces the icon, plays a sound and takes the user to another part of the app. Let’s see how the bounce animation was made.

After trying out different approaches, I fell in love with a nice and clean bounce animation that does its job without being too obvious.

I implemented the animation as a UIView category, with a bounce factor so the effect can be used in different situations. I should probably do the same for the repeat count as well.

Here’s the code for the category:

UIView+Bounce.h:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface UIView (Bounce)

- (void)bounce:(float)bounceFactor;

@end

UIView+Bounce.m:

#import "UIView+Bounce.h"
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>

@implementation UIView (Bounce)

+ (CAKeyframeAnimation*)dockBounceAnimationWithViewHeight:(CGFloat)viewHeight
{
    NSUInteger const kNumFactors    = 22;
    CGFloat const kFactorsPerSec    = 30.0f;
    CGFloat const kFactorsMaxValue  = 128.0f;
    CGFloat factors[kNumFactors]    = {0,  60, 83, 100, 114, 124, 128, 128, 124, 114, 100, 83, 60, 32, 0, 0, 18, 28, 32, 28, 18, 0};

    NSMutableArray* transforms = [NSMutableArray array];

    for(NSUInteger i = 0; i < kNumFactors; i++)
    {
        CGFloat positionOffset  = factors[i] / kFactorsMaxValue * viewHeight;
        CATransform3D transform = CATransform3DMakeTranslation(0.0f, -positionOffset, 0.0f);

        [transforms addObject:[NSValue valueWithCATransform3D:transform]];
    }

    CAKeyframeAnimation* animation = [CAKeyframeAnimation animationWithKeyPath:@"transform"];
    animation.repeatCount           = 1;
    animation.duration              = kNumFactors * 1.0f/kFactorsPerSec;
    animation.fillMode              = kCAFillModeForwards;
    animation.values                = transforms;
    animation.removedOnCompletion   = YES; // final stage is equal to starting stage
    animation.autoreverses          = NO;

    return animation;
}

- (void)bounce:(float)bounceFactor
{
    CGFloat midHeight = self.frame.size.height * bounceFactor;
    CAKeyframeAnimation* animation = [[self class] dockBounceAnimationWithViewHeight:midHeight];
    [self.layer addAnimation:animation forKey:@"bouncing"];
}

@end

Feel free to try it out. Hope you like it!

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