Hello!
I�ve linked 2 to 3 instances of NSViewAnimation, firing them as in the official doc, I even followed the sample code in iSpend and it works for unique animations but as soon as I try to link animations, my app crashes (sigbus), but not always, even if the animation process is exactly the same and nothing else is happening in the program. Very strange! And there�s no code sample illustrating linking, except the lines in http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/DrawViews/Tasks/TimingAnimations.html .
I tried to set different blocking modes etc. but with no success.
Did anyone succeeded in making this work? I�m looking for advices!
Thank you.
–Flofl.
I haven’t used linked animations yet, but my first guess would be that an animation in your chain is being used after it’s deallocated. I would assume that linking an animation does not retain it, as that could quickly lead to circular retains.
I don�t think so as I use an alloc-init for each animation and use all of them just after they�re created. If someone could post some tested code that would be great.
–Flofl.
If you could post your code, maybe we’d have a better idea of what’s breaking.
Yes, maybe. Here you are. -(void)animateViews {
// These are pointers declared in .h.
// Animations are released in the delegate End method,
// I set the pointers to nil before starting over, just in case.
firstTwoObjectsAnimation = nil;
thirdObjectAnim = nil;
// 1st animation
NSMutableDictionary * firstObjectDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
firstObject,NSViewAnimationTargetKey,
[NSValue valueWithRect:NSMakeRect(167,188,138,138)],NSViewAnimationStartFrameKey,
[NSValue valueWithRect:NSMakeRect(167,387,138,138)],NSViewAnimationEndFrameKey,
NSViewAnimationFadeOutEffect,NSViewAnimationEffectKey,nil];
NSMutableDictionary * secondObjectDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
secondObject,NSViewAnimationTargetKey,
[NSValue valueWithRect:NSMakeRect(317,188,138,138)],NSViewAnimationStartFrameKey,
[NSValue valueWithRect:NSMakeRect(471,387,138,138)],NSViewAnimationEndFrameKey,
NSViewAnimationFadeOutEffect,NSViewAnimationEffectKey,nil];
firstTwoObjectsAnimation = [[NSViewAnimation alloc] initWithViewAnimations:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:firstObjectDict, secondObjectDict, nil]]; [firstTwoObjectsAnimation addProgressMark:0.5]; [firstTwoObjectsAnimation setDelegate:self];
// 2nd animation
NSMutableDictionary * thirdObjectDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
thirdObject,NSViewAnimationTargetKey,
[NSValue valueWithRect:NSMakeRect(149,132,175,226)],NSViewAnimationStartFrameKey,
NSViewAnimationFadeInEffect,NSViewAnimationEffectKey,nil];
thirdObjectAnim = [[NSViewAnimation alloc] initWithViewAnimations:[NSArray
arrayWithObjects:thirdObjectDict, nil]];
[thirdObjectAnim setDelegate:self];
// Start animations
[thirdObjectAnim startWhenAnimation:firstTwoObjectsAnimation reachesProgress:0.5];
[firstTwoObjectsAnimation startAnimation];
}
(void)animationDidStop:(NSAnimation*)animation {
[self animationDidEnd:animation];
}
(void)animationDidEnd:(NSAnimation*)animation { [animation release]; }
Now, look at the log, if I had made a mistake, would the animations start and end 5 times but the 6th time start then cause a sigbus??
2005-08-12 11:22:51.646 NewApp[443] animateViews 2005-08-12 11:22:51.649 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36cad0> ShouldStart 2005-08-12 11:22:51.925 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36c890> ShouldStart 2005-08-12 11:22:52.210 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36cad0> DidEnd 2005-08-12 11:22:52.455 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36c890> DidEnd 2005-08-12 11:22:53.678 NewApp[443] animateViews 2005-08-12 11:22:53.678 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36be60> ShouldStart 2005-08-12 11:22:53.948 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x3630de0> ShouldStart 2005-08-12 11:22:54.201 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36be60> DidEnd 2005-08-12 11:22:54.467 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x3630de0> DidEnd 2005-08-12 11:22:55.622 NewApp[443] animateViews 2005-08-12 11:22:55.623 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36be60> ShouldStart 2005-08-12 11:22:55.874 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x3630de0> ShouldStart 2005-08-12 11:22:56.138 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36be60> DidEnd 2005-08-12 11:22:56.385 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x3630de0> DidEnd 2005-08-12 11:22:58.038 NewApp[443] animateViews 2005-08-12 11:22:58.038 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x3630de0> ShouldStart 2005-08-12 11:22:58.289 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36be60> ShouldStart 2005-08-12 11:22:58.599 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x3630de0> DidEnd 2005-08-12 11:22:58.822 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36be60> DidEnd 2005-08-12 11:22:59.814 NewApp[443] animateViews 2005-08-12 11:22:59.814 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x3703d0> ShouldStart 2005-08-12 11:23:00.066 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36be60> ShouldStart 2005-08-12 11:23:00.325 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x3703d0> DidEnd 2005-08-12 11:23:00.569 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36be60> DidEnd 2005-08-12 11:23:05.246 NewApp[443] animateViews 2005-08-12 11:23:05.247 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36cad0> ShouldStart 2005-08-12 11:23:05.505 NewApp[443] animation <NSViewAnimation: 0x36be60> ShouldStart
NewApp has exited due to signal 10 (SIGBUS).
–Flofl
Are you doing any custom drawing or any custom anything with the views (or their subviews) that are being animated?
First, everything takes place in a general view that�s made the content view of the window. Then, the two views I�m trying to animate contain three text fields involving Chinese characters� But I don�t modify the objects or their content during the animation. –Flofl
I�m testing a new approach: at the beginning of the anim method, I test every animation, if it�s non-nil, I release and set it to nil. Maybe releasing the first animation when it reaches the didEnd state while the second one is still running causes a problem in the linked animations (but in such a case, it should be documented).
But I�ve got a question: why should we always recreate the animations in the first place? I�m continuously switching from a state and another with two opposite animations, why couldn�t I init them in awakeFromNib and keep them till the app terminates?? –Flofl
Have you tried it?
I did it at the beginning but it crashed and will try again (only when it will work without it). It works in a sample project; in my big project I�m testing the use of performSelector:�withDelay: which seems to solve some problems. I can�t believe I�m the first one using it and having problems with it! Nobody here to share it�s experience, explain it�s way of implementing it??–Flofl
This method looks kind of risky.
You are releasing something based on the assumption that this method is called only once. You should do something more like this:
–zootbobbalu
Yes, you�re right, this code was from a non-linked animation code sample� Finally, I managed to make the animations once in awakeFromNib. –Flofl
I�ve just rewritten all my code without the animations! It was getting like in X-files: I put an NSLog in every single method of my code and the method that was supposed to start animation X happened to sometimes start animation X and animation Y. The NSLog stated no call to any method supposed to start animation Y� If anyone can explain� I�ve checked my code hundreds of times� If anybody hears about a known bug or finds similar cases of weirdness in its own app, let us know.
–Flofl.
Well, I think what your trouble might have been is that animations automatically retain and then release themselves upon completion. They are oneshot, you don’t reuse them, ever.
->Ben