instanceDelay

Declaration

var instanceDelay: CFTimeInterval { get set }

Discussion

The default value is 0.0, meaning that any animations added to replicated copies will be synchronized.

The following code shows a replicator layer being used to create an animated activity monitor. The replicator layer creates 30 small circles forming a larger circle. The source layer, circle, has a 1 second animated fade out and each of the copies offsets the time of the animation by 1 / 30 seconds.

let replicatorLayer = CAReplicatorLayer()
     
let circle = CALayer()
circle.frame = CGRect(origin: CGPoint.zero,
                      size: CGSize(width: 10, height: 10))
circle.backgroundColor = NSColor.blue.cgColor
circle.cornerRadius = 5
circle.position = CGPoint(x: 0, y: 50)
replicatorLayer.addSublayer(circle)
     
let fadeOut = CABasicAnimation(keyPath: "opacity")
fadeOut.fromValue = 1
fadeOut.toValue = 0
fadeOut.duration = 1
fadeOut.repeatCount = Float.greatestFiniteMagnitude
circle.add(fadeOut, forKey: nil)
     

let instanceCount = 30
replicatorLayer.instanceCount = instanceCount
replicatorLayer.instanceDelay = fadeOut.duration / CFTimeInterval(instanceCount)
     
let angle = -CGFloat.pi * 2 / CGFloat(instanceCount)
replicatorLayer.instanceTransform = CATransform3DMakeRotation(angle, 0, 0, 1)

The following illustration shows the result of the above code:

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See Also

Setting Instance Display Properties

• instanceCount
• instanceTransform