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Ionic 2 Cookbook

You're reading from   Ionic 2 Cookbook The rich flavors of Ionic at your disposal

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786465962
Length 320 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Hoc Phan Hoc Phan
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Creating Our First App with Ionic 2 FREE CHAPTER 2. Adding Ionic 2 Components 3. Extending Ionic 2 with Angular 2 Building Blocks 4. Validating Forms and Making HTTP Requests 5. Adding Animation 6. User Authentication and Push Notification Using Ionic Cloud 7. Supporting Device Functionalities Using Ionic Native 8. Theming the App 9. Publishing the App for Different Platforms Index

Creating a physics-based animation using Dynamics.js

Using physics-based animations can make your app more interactive and lively, which helps attract and retain more users. There are many methods to add physics to your component animation. For example, you could even use the CSS animation-timing function to add property values, such as ease-in, ease-out, or cubic-bezier. However, it's easier and better to use an existing JavaScript-based physic animation. Dynamics.js is one of those JavaScripts that comes with utilities and performance. Using native CSS physic features is actually not a good practice as it comes with a frame-per-second penalty on mobile devices.

The app will show a bouncing button, which can show and hide a top quote box, as follows, it also uses physics animation:

Creating a physics-based animation using Dynamics.js

Getting ready

This app example could work either in a browser or on a physical device. However, it's recommended that you run the app via your physical device to test for performance.

How to do it...

Here...

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