Dynamic behavior to support connections between an anchor point and an item.
Requires: iOS 7.0 and later
The following APIs are supported on iOS 7 and later.
An anchor attachment behavior creates a dynamic connection between an anchor point and an item. To define an anchor attachment behavior:
- Use the Titanium.UI.iOS.createAnchorAttachmentBehavior method to create a behavior.
- Set the anchor and item properties.
- Add the behavior to the Animator object.
To create a dynamic connection between two items, use Titanium.UI.iOS.ViewAttachmentBehavior.
Examples
Simple Example
The following example creates a red block and anchors it to a point near the top-center of the window. Using a gravitational force, the red block swings like a pendulum.
var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({backgroundColor: 'white', fullscreen: true});
// Create an Animator object using the window as the coordinate system
var animator = Ti.UI.iOS.createAnimator({referenceView: win});
// Create a red block to animate
var redBlock = Ti.UI.createView({
backgroundColor: 'red',
width: 25,
height: 25,
top: 10,
left: 25
});
var WIDTH = Ti.Platform.displayCaps.platformWidth;
// Anchor the red block to a point near the top-center
var anchor = Ti.UI.iOS.createAnchorAttachmentBehavior({
anchor: {x: WIDTH/2, y: 10},
item: redBlock
});
animator.addBehavior(anchor);
// Simulate Earth's gravity to allow the pendulum to swing
var gravity = Ti.UI.iOS.createGravityBehavior({
gravityDirection: {x: 0.0, y: 1.0}
});
gravity.addItem(redBlock);
animator.addBehavior(gravity);
// Start the animation when the window opens
win.addEventListener('open', function(e){
animator.startAnimator();
});
win.add(redBlock);
win.open();
- 3.2
- 3.2
Properties
Anchor point for the attachment behavior relative to the animator's coordinate system.
Default: (0,0)
The name of the API that this proxy corresponds to.
The name of the API that this proxy corresponds to.
The value of this property is the fully qualified name of the API. For example, Button
returns Ti.UI.Button.
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.0
Indicates if the proxy will bubble an event to its parent.
Some proxies (most commonly views) have a relationship to other proxies, often established by the add() method. For example, for a button added to a window, a click event on the button would bubble up to the window. Other common parents are table sections to their rows, table views to their sections, and scrollable views to their views. Set this property to false to disable the bubbling to the proxy's parent.
Default: true
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
Amount of damping to apply to the attachment behavior.
Default: 0
Distance, in points, between the two attachment points.
Default: 0
Frequency of oscillation for the behavior.
Default: 0
The Window or TabGroup whose Activity lifecycle should be triggered on the proxy.
The Window or TabGroup whose Activity lifecycle should be triggered on the proxy.
If this property is set to a Window or TabGroup, then the corresponding Activity lifecycle event callbacks will also be called on the proxy. Proxies that require the activity lifecycle will need this property set to the appropriate containing Window or TabGroup.
- 3.6.0
Methods
Adds the specified callback as an event listener for the named event.
Parameters
- name : String
Name of the event.
- callback : Callback<Object>
Callback function to invoke when the event is fired.
Returns
- void
Applies the properties to the proxy.
Properties are supplied as a dictionary. Each key-value pair in the object is applied to the proxy such that myproxy[key] = value.
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
Parameters
- props : Dictionary
A dictionary of properties to apply.
Returns
- void
Fires a synthesized event to any registered listeners.
Parameters
- name : String
Name of the event.
- event : Dictionary
A dictionary of keys and values to add to the Titanium.Event object sent to the listeners.
Returns
- void
Removes the specified callback as an event listener for the named event.
Multiple listeners can be registered for the same event, so the
callback parameter is used to determine which listener to remove.
When adding a listener, you must save a reference to the callback function in order to remove the listener later:
var listener = function() { Ti.API.info("Event listener called."); }
window.addEventListener('click', listener);
To remove the listener, pass in a reference to the callback function:
window.removeEventListener('click', listener);
Parameters
- name : String
Name of the event.
- callback : Callback<Object>
Callback function to remove. Must be the same function passed to
addEventListener.
Returns
- void
Sets the value of the bubbleParent property.
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
Parameters
- bubbleParent : Boolean
New value for the property.
Returns
- void
Sets the value of the damping property.
Parameters
- damping : Number
New value for the property.
Returns
- void
Sets the value of the distance property.
Parameters
- distance : Number
New value for the property.
Returns
- void
Sets the value of the frequency property.
Parameters
- frequency : Number
New value for the property.
Returns
- void
Sets the value of the item property.
Parameters
- item : Titanium.UI.View
New value for the property.
Returns
- void
Sets the value of the lifecycleContainer property.
- 3.6.0
Parameters
- lifecycleContainer : Titanium.UI.Window/Titanium.UI.TabGroup
New value for the property.
Returns
- void