So something like this would be better served with an NSTimer I take it?

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Matt Long <matt.l...@matthew-long.com> wrote:
> Because you can't. These are the only properties you can animate:
>
> http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreAnimation_guide/Articles/AnimProps.html
>
> -Matt
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Adam Venturella wrote:
>
>> Basically, I was thinking: Hey, why can't I use CABasicAnimation  as a
>> means to animate just a value, not tied to a layer or a view, eg:
>>
>> If my CABasicAnimation duration is 1 second, and it's fromValue = 0
>> and it's toValue = 1 and say the interval was 100 milliseconds
>> my value should increment by 0.10 every 100 milliseconds.
>> So at 5 seconds my value should be 0.50
>>
>> Now I could use an NSTimer to do this same thing I suppose, but I
>> figured since Core Animation was already setup to handle things like
>> this, why not use that.
>>
>> So my question is, is this even possible?  Should I stop trying with
>> this approach?   Not looking for a how do I do this, more of a yes or
>> no answer, I would like to figure it out on my own.  Just want to make
>> sure I am not barking up the wrong tree to begin with.
>
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