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PulsingHalo

PulsingHalo has been discontinued, and is no longer being maintained. Please check out Pulsator which is the new version of this written with Swift.

iOS component for creating a pulsing animation. It allows you to create halos.

Great For:

Pulses of beacons (iBeacon)
Map Annotations

##Installation

###CocoaPods

Add into your Podfile.

pod "PulsingHalo"

Then $ pod install

###Carthage

Add into your Cartfile.

github "shu223/PulsingHalo"

Then $ carthage update

###Manual

Add PulsingHaloLayer.h,m into your project.

##How to use

Just initiate and add to your view layer.

###Swift

let halo = PulsingHaloLayer()
halo.position = view.center
view.layer.addSublayer(halo)
halo.start()

###Objective-C

PulsingHaloLayer *halo = [PulsingHaloLayer layer];
halo.position = self.view.center;
[self.view.layer addSublayer:halo];
[halo start];

##Customizations

###Number of Halos

Use haloLayerNumber property.

halo.haloLayerNumber = 3;

###radius

Use radius property.

self.halo.radius = 240.0;

###color

Use backgroundColor property.

UIColor *color = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.7
                                 green:0.9
                                  blue:0.3
                                 alpha:1.0];

self.halo.backgroundColor = color.CGColor;

###animation duration

Use animationDuration or pulseInterval property.

###animation repeat count

Initialize using initWithRepeatCount: method, or set repeatCount property. The default value is INFINITY.

###animation key values and times

Use properties fromValueForRadius or keyTimeForHalfOpacity.

###enable/disable timing function for animation

Use property useTimingFunction

##Demo

You can try to change the radius and color properties with demo app.

##Special Thanks

Inspired by SVPulsingAnnotationView.