Creating an animated gradient background similar to the Solar Weather Application in xCode

Question

Even though I have asked this question before, I would like to reach out again to clarify what I would like to accomplish with your help. I was wondering how you would create a

Answer 1

Simple working example:

.h file

@property (strong, nonatomic) CAGradientLayer *gradient;

.m file

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewDidAppear: animated];

    self.gradient = [CAGradientLayer layer];
    self.gradient.frame = self.view.bounds;
    self.gradient.colors = @[(id)[UIColor purpleColor].CGColor,
                             (id)[UIColor redColor].CGColor];

    [self.view.layer insertSublayer:self.gradient atIndex:0];

    [self animateLayer];
}

-(void)animateLayer
{

    NSArray *fromColors = self.gradient.colors;
    NSArray *toColors = @[(id)[UIColor redColor].CGColor,
                          (id)[UIColor orangeColor].CGColor];

    [self.gradient setColors:toColors];

    CABasicAnimation *animation = [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:@"colors"];

    animation.fromValue             = fromColors;
    animation.toValue               = toColors;
    animation.duration              = 3.00;
    animation.removedOnCompletion   = YES;
    animation.fillMode              = kCAFillModeForwards;
    animation.timingFunction        = [CAMediaTimingFunction functionWithName:kCAMediaTimingFunctionLinear];
    animation.delegate              = self;

    // Add the animation to our layer

    [self.gradient addAnimation:animation forKey:@"animateGradient"];
}

You might want to implement an additional method to shift the colors, and then reanimate the changes. But this should help you get there.