I'm having trouble with animating with CAAnimation, it doesn't seem to give me any errors but it isn't animating. I'm confused
NSMutableArray *animationImages = [NSMutableArray array];
//Adding images into array
for (int i=0;i<=5;i++){
UIImage *imgfile = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/ConusOverlay/%d_ConusOverlay.gif",documentsPath,i];
[animationImages addObject: imgfile];
}
CAKeyframeAnimation *animationSequence = [CAKeyframeAnimation animationWithKeyPath: #"contents"];
animationSequence.calculationMode = kCAAnimationLinear;
animationSequence.autoreverses = NO;
animationSequence.duration = 1;
animationSequence.repeatCount = HUGE_VALF;
NSMutableArray *animationSequenceArray = [NSMutableArray array];
for (UIImage *image in animationImages) {
[animationSequenceArray addObject:image]; //<--Does this have to be (id)image.CGImage ?, if I am correct you are unable to add CGImage to an array
}
animationSequence.values = animationSequenceArray;
[mlLayer.contents addAnimation:animationSequence forKey:#"contents"];
CoreAnimation usually takes CGImageRefs and not UIImages. Try replacing the image with the (id)image.CGImage as you suggested. Arrays can store CGImageRefs!
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-(void)viewDidLoad {
NSMutableArray *coolImagesArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:#"active-1.jpg", #"active-2.jpg", #"active-3.jpg", #"active-4.jpg", #"active-5.jpg", nil];
}
-(void)someMethodWithData {
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
NSMutableArray *imagesArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSMutableString *inactiveString = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
for (int i = 0; i < progress; i++) {
imageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:[coolImagesArray objectAtIndex:i]];
inactiveString = [NSMutableString stringWithFormat:#"inactive-%d.png",i];
[imagesArray addObject:imageView];
}
UIImage *setImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"inactive-1.png"];
for (int i = 0; i < [imagesArray count]; i++) {
[(UIImageView*)[imagesArray objectAtIndex:i] setImage:setImage];
}
});
}
This will always set the last or i(th) image correctly. It will not loop and change all the images I need. Is there another way to manage this?
imageView is pointing to one UIImageView object and in a loop you are changing the image of imageView not adding new UIImageView object to your array. All the objects inside the array pointing to 1 UIImageView object. So it is so normal that you can only change the last object's image only, because there is no other object in your array.
you should do it like:
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
NSMutableArray *imagesArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSMutableString *inactiveString = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
for (int i = 0; i < progress; i++) {
UIImageView *temp = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:imageView.frame];
temp.image = [UIImage imageNamed:[coolImagesArray objectAtIndex:i]];
inactiveString = [NSMutableString stringWithFormat:#"inactive-%d.png",i];
[imagesArray addObject:temp];
}
UIImage *setImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"inactive-1.png"];
for (int i = 0; i < [imagesArray count]; i++) {
[(UIImageView*)[imagesArray objectAtIndex:i] setImage:setImage];
}
});
For starters, I would create the image once so as to save memory.
I would also cast the object to a UIImageView (Not sure how that isn't getting flagged in xcode).
Lastly I would wrap it in a dispatch_async() to make sure it's happening on the main UI thread, because it could be getting called on a background thread and somehow the last image makes it to the main run loop, either way this is what it would look like:
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
UIImage *setimage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"set-image.png"];
for (int i = 0; i < [imagesArray count]; i++) {
[(UIImageView *)[imagesArray objectAtIndex:i] setImage:setimage]];
}
});
I've been having this issue for a couple of weeks now, and I still have not found an answer. on my MapView I have custom annotations, and when I hit the "reload button" all the information is correct as in the annotation "title, subtitle". but the annotation has changed. the annotations are in a NSMutableArray and I'm sure that the issue i am having revolves around that. here is the code I am using to reload the annotations.
so just prevent any confusion, my custom annotations work just fine when i first load the mapView. But once i hit the reload button, all the annotation's information like "location,title, subtitle" all that is correct, just the actual annotation has changed. Like all the annotations have been switched around.
if anyone can help, it would greatly be appreciated! thanks!
- (IBAction)refreshMap:(id)sender {
NSArray *annotationsOnMap = myMapView.annotations;
[myMapView removeAnnotations:annotationsOnMap];
[locations removeAllObjects];
[citiesArray removeAllObjects];
[self retrieveData];
}
-(void) retrieveData {
userLAT = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%f", myMapView.userLocation.coordinate.latitude];
userLNG = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%f", myMapView.userLocation.coordinate.longitude];
NSString *fullPath = [mainUrl stringByAppendingFormat:#"map_json.php?userID=%#&lat=%#&lng=%#",theUserID,userLAT,userLNG];
NSURL * url =[NSURL URLWithString:fullPath];
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
json =[NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:kNilOptions error:nil];
citiesArray =[[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
for (int i = 0; i < json.count; i++)
{
//create city object
NSString * eID =[[json objectAtIndex:i] objectForKey:#"userid"];
NSString * eAddress =[[json objectAtIndex:i] objectForKey:#"full_address"];
NSString * eHost =[[json objectAtIndex:i] objectForKey:#"username"];
NSString * eLat =[[json objectAtIndex:i] objectForKey:#"lat"];
NSString * eLong =[[json objectAtIndex:i] objectForKey:#"lng"];
NSString * eName =[[json objectAtIndex:i] objectForKey:#"Restaurant_name"];
NSString * eState = [[json objectAtIndex:i] objectForKey:#"type"];
NSString * annotationPic = [[json objectAtIndex:i] objectForKey:#"Annotation"];
NSString * eventID = [[json objectAtIndex:i] objectForKey:#"id"];
//convert lat and long from strings
float floatLat = [eLat floatValue];
float floatLONG = [eLong floatValue];
City * myCity =[[City alloc] initWithRestaurantID: (NSString *) eID andRestaurantName: (NSString *) eName andRestaurantState: (NSString *) eState andRestaurantAddress: (NSString *) eAddress andRestaurantHost: eHost andRestaurantLat: (NSString *) eLat andRestaurantLong: (NSString *) eLong];
//Add our city object to our cities array
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
[citiesArray addObject:myCity];
//Annotation
locations =[[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
CLLocationCoordinate2D location;
Annotation * myAnn;
//event1 annotation
myAnn =[[Annotation alloc]init];
location.latitude = floatLat;
location.longitude = floatLONG;
myAnn.coordinate = location;
myAnn.title = eName;
myAnn.subtitle = eHost;
myAnn.type = eState;
myAnn.AnnotationPicture = annotationPic;
myAnn.passEventID = eventID;
myAnn.hotZoneLevel = hotZone;
[locations addObject:myAnn];
[self.myMapView addAnnotations:locations];
}
}
- (MKAnnotationView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForAnnotation:(id <MKAnnotation>)annotation
{
if([annotation isKindOfClass:[MKUserLocation class]])
return nil;
static NSString *annotationIdentifier = #"AnnotationIdentifier";
MKAnnotationView *annotationView = (MKAnnotationView *) [self.myMapView
dequeueReusableAnnotationViewWithIdentifier:annotationIdentifier];
if (!annotationView)
{
annotationView = [[MKAnnotationView alloc]
initWithAnnotation:annotation
reuseIdentifier:annotationIdentifier];
NSString *restaurant_Icon = ((Annotation *)annotation).AnnotationPicture;
NSString *restaurant_Callout = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"mini.%#",restaurant_Icon];
UIImage *oldImage = [UIImage imageNamed:restaurant_Icon];
UIImage *newImage;
CGSize newSize = CGSizeMake(75, 75);
newImage = [oldImage imageScaledToFitSize:newSize]; // uses MGImageResizeScale
annotationView.image= newImage;
annotationView.canShowCallout = YES;
UIImage *Mini_oldImage = [UIImage imageNamed:event_Callout];
UIImage *Mini_newImage;
CGSize Mini_newSize = CGSizeMake(30,30);
Mini_newImage = [Mini_oldImage imageScaledToFitSize:Mini_newSize]; // uses MGImageResizeScale
UIImageView *finalMini_callOut = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:Mini_newImage];
annotationView.leftCalloutAccessoryView = finalMini_callOut;
UIButton* rightButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeDetailDisclosure];
annotationView.rightCalloutAccessoryView = rightButton;
}
else
{
annotationView.annotation = annotation;
}
return annotationView;
}
If nothing else, you're setting the icon and the callout based upon the annotation, but only doing that in viewForAnnotation if the annotation was not dequeued. You really want to do any annotation-specific customization outside of that if block, in case an annotation view is reused.
Unrelated to your reported issue, there are a few other observations:
You probably should be doing retrieveData asynchronously so you don't tie up the main thread with your data retrieval/parsing. Go ahead and dispatch the adding of the entry to your array and adding the annotation to the map in the main queue, but the network stuff and should definitely be done asynchronously.
You probably should check to make sure data is not nil (e.g. no network connection or some other network error) because JSONObjectWithData will crash if you pass it a nil value.
Your use of locations seems unnecessary because you're resetting it for every entry in your JSON. You could either (a) retire locations entirely and just add the myAnn object to your map's annotations; or (b) initialize locations before the for loop. But it's probably misleading to maintain this ivar, but only populate it with the last annotation.
I've been able to adapt some code found on SO to produce an animated GIF from the "screenshots" of my view, but the results are unpredictable. GIF frames are sometimes full images, full frames ("replace" mode, as GIMP marks it), other times are just a "diff" from previous layer ("combine" mode).
From what I've seen, when there are fewer and/or smaller frames involved, the CG writes the GIF in "combine" mode, but failing to get the colors right. Actually, the moving parts are colored correctly, the background is wrong.
When CG saves the GIF as full frames, the colors are ok. The file size is larger, but hey, obviously you cannot have the best of both worlds. :)
Is there a way to either:
a) force CG to create "full frames" when saving the GIF
b) fix the colors (color table?)
What I do is (ARC mode):
capture the visible part of the view with
[[scrollView contentView] dataWithPDFInsideRect:[[scrollView contentView] visibleRect]];
convert and resize it to NSImageBitmapRep of PNG type
-(NSMutableDictionary*) pngImageProps:(int)quality {
NSMutableDictionary *pngImageProps;
pngImageProps = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
[pngImageProps setValue:[NSNumber numberWithBool:NO] forKey:NSImageInterlaced];
double compressionF = 1;
[pngImageProps setValue:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:compressionF] forKey:NSImageCompressionFactor];
return pngImageProps;
}
-(NSData*) resizeImageToData:(NSData*)data toDimX:(int)xdim andDimY:(int)ydim withQuality:(int)quality{
NSImage *image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithData:data];
NSRect inRect = NSZeroRect;
inRect.size = [image size];
NSRect outRect = NSMakeRect(0, 0, xdim, ydim);
NSImage *outImage = [[NSImage alloc] initWithSize:outRect.size];
[outImage lockFocus];
[image drawInRect:outRect fromRect:inRect operation:NSCompositeCopy fraction:1];
NSBitmapImageRep* bitmapRep = [[NSBitmapImageRep alloc] initWithFocusedViewRect:outRect];
[outImage unlockFocus];
NSMutableDictionary *imageProps = [self pngImageProps:quality];
NSData* imageData = [bitmapRep representationUsingType:NSPNGFileType properties:imageProps];
return [imageData copy];
}
get the array of BitmapReps and create the GIF
-(CGImageRef) pngRepDataToCgImageRef:(NSData*)data {
CFDataRef imgData = (__bridge CFDataRef)data;
CGDataProviderRef imgDataProvider = CGDataProviderCreateWithCFData (imgData);
CGImageRef image = CGImageCreateWithPNGDataProvider(imgDataProvider, NULL, true, kCGRenderingIntentDefault);
return image;
}
////////// create GIF from
NSArray *images; // holds all BitmapReps
CGImageDestinationRef destination = CGImageDestinationCreateWithURL((__bridge CFURLRef)[NSURL fileURLWithPath:pot],
kUTTypeGIF,
allImages,
NULL);
// set frame delay
NSDictionary *frameProperties = [NSDictionary
dictionaryWithObject:[NSDictionary
dictionaryWithObject:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.2f]
forKey:(NSString *) kCGImagePropertyGIFDelayTime]
forKey:(NSString *) kCGImagePropertyGIFDictionary];
// set gif color properties
NSMutableDictionary *gifPropsDict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
[gifPropsDict setObject:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyColorModelRGB forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyColorModel];
[gifPropsDict setObject:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES] forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGIFHasGlobalColorMap];
// set gif loop
NSDictionary *gifProperties = [NSDictionary
dictionaryWithObject:gifPropsDict
forKey:(NSString *) kCGImagePropertyGIFDictionary];
// loop through frames and add them to GIF
for (int i=0; i < [images count]; i++) {
NSData *imageData = [images objectAtIndex:i];
CGImageRef imageRef = [self pngRepDataToCgImageRef:imageData];
CGImageDestinationAddImage(destination, imageRef, (__bridge CFDictionaryRef) (frameProperties));
}
// save the GIF
CGImageDestinationSetProperties(destination, (__bridge CFDictionaryRef)(gifProperties));
CGImageDestinationFinalize(destination);
CFRelease(destination);
I've checked the ImageBitmapReps, when saved as PNG individually, they are just fine.
As I understood, the color tables should be handled by CG or am I responsible to produce the dithered colors? How to do that?
Even when doing the same animation repeatedly, the GIFs produced may vary.
This is a single BitmapRep
(source: andraz.eu)
And this is the GIF with the invalid colors ("combine" mode)
(source: andraz.eu)
I read your code. Please double check the "allImages" while you are creating the CGImageDestinationRef, and the "[images count]".
the follow test code works fine:
NSDictionary *prep = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.2f] forKey:(NSString *) kCGImagePropertyGIFDelayTime] forKey:(NSString *) kCGImagePropertyGIFDictionary];
CGImageDestinationRef dst = CGImageDestinationCreateWithURL((__bridge CFURLRef)(fileURL), kUTTypeGIF, [filesArray count], nil);
for (int i=0;i<[filesArray count];i++)
{
//load anImage from array
...
CGImageRef imageRef=[anImage CGImageForProposedRect:nil context:nil hints:nil];
CGImageDestinationAddImage(dst, imageRef,(__bridge CFDictionaryRef)(prep));
}
bool fileSave = CGImageDestinationFinalize(dst);
CFRelease(dst);
I have such code
arrayWithImages = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSEnumerator *enumForNames = [arrayWithNames objectEnumerator];
NSEnumerator *enumForURLs = [arrayWithURLs objectEnumerator];
id objName, objURL;
while(objName = [enumForNames nextObject]) {
objURL = [enumForURLs nextObject];
UIImageView *anImage = nil;
[anImage setImageWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:objURL]];
(...)
[arrayWithImages addObject:anImage];
}
And each time I got SIGABRT in line with "[arrayWithImages addObject:anImage];"
What's here wrong?
I don’t see an setImageWithURL method on UIImageView. Where is this from?
Is there any output from the SIGABRT crash?
Try this code:
// Download the image
NSData *imageData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:objURL]];
// Make an UIImage out of it
UIImage *anImage = [UIImage imageWithData:imageData];
// Create an image view with the image
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:anImage];
// Check to make sure it exists
if (imageView != nil) {
// Add it to your array
[arrayWithImages addObject:imageView];
else {
NSLog(#"Image view is nil");
}
Note that you should download the images asynchronously to avoid hanging the loop. This blog post discussing asynchronous image downloading.
Also if you know that [enumForURLs nextObject]; will return an NSString (or even better, NSURL) you should assign objURL to type NSString (or NSURL).
I have an array of UIImage objects as follows:
frames = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:[sortedArray count]];
for (int nDx = 0; nDx < [sortedArray count]; nDx++)
{
NSString * sImageName = [sortedArray objectAtIndex:nDx];
[frames addObject:[UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/%#", imageFolderPath, sImageName]]];
}
In my timer method I am doing the following to cycle through the images:
self.image = [frames objectAtIndex:currentFrame];
currentFrame++;
if (currentFrame >= [frames count]) currentFrame = 0;
However, when I start the timer the images cycle slow the first time, and then everything works as expected. I have also tried this without a timer.
How can I pre-load the images so they are ready to go when my timer starts?
Thanks for the help.
You can have a separate thread to load the images, using this code.
If it works I'll add it here.
Here img_array is UIImageView
img_array.animationImages = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
[UIImage imageNamed:#"img_1.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:#"img_2.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:#"img_3.png"],nil];
[img_array.animationImages setAnimationRepeatCount:HUGE_VAL];
img_array.animationImages .animationDuration = 4;
[img_array.animationImages startAnimating];
[self.view addSubview:img_array]
Try this: