[Notes] Graphics & Animation Starting Point

• Frameworks
• UIKit
• Objective-C API
• basic 2D drawing, image handling, ways to animate user interface objects
• Core Graphics
• C-based API
• vector graphics, bitmap images, PDF content
• Core Animation
• Objective-C API
• smooth motion and dynamic feedback to UI
• OpenGL ES
• OpenGL mobile version
• high-performance 2D and 3D drawing
• includes EAGL, an Objective-C API integrates OpenGL with Core Animation and UiKit
• Guides
• basic draw (UIKit)
• View Programming Guide for iOS
• iOS native coordination system, operations on views
• Drawing and Printing Guide for iOS
• using UIKit to draw
• CGContext Reference to find function call
• powerful 2D draw (Core Graphics-  with Quartz 2D engine)
• Overview of Quartz 2D
• create pattern, path, gradient
• Quartz 2D Programming Guide
• animation
• chapter Animations in View Programming Guide for iOS
• sample: MoveMe
• games and advanced graphics by GPU
• OpenGL ES Overview
• sample: GLSprite
• Advanced studying (details)
• UIKit Framework Reference
• Core Graphics Framework Reference
• Core Animation Programming Guide
• OpenGL ES Programming Guide for iOS
• OpenGL ES Framework Reference