CompositionObject.StartAnimation Method

public:
 virtual void StartAnimation(Platform::String ^ propertyName, CompositionAnimation ^ animation) = StartAnimation;

void StartAnimation(winrt::hstring const& propertyName, CompositionAnimation const& animation);

public void StartAnimation(string propertyName, CompositionAnimation animation);

function startAnimation(propertyName, animation)

Public Sub StartAnimation (propertyName As String, animation As CompositionAnimation)

Parameters

Examples

void AnimatingVisualOffset(Visual targetVisual) 
{ 
    var animation = _compositor.CreateVector3KeyFrameAnimation(); 

    // 
    // Define specific easing functions. 
    // 


    var linear = _compositor.CreateLinearEasingFunction(); 

    var easeIn = _compositor.CreateCubicBezierEasingFunction( 
            new Vector2(0.5f, 0.0f), new Vector2(1.0f, 1.0f)); 

    var easeOut = _compositor.CreateCubicBezierEasingFunction( 
            new Vector2(0.0f, 0.0f), new Vector2(0.5f, 1.0f)); 

    // 
    // Add a set of key frames to describe how the Offset should change over time.   
    // 

    animation.InsertKeyFrame(0.00f, new Vector3(100.0f, 100.0f, 0.0f)); 
    animation.InsertKeyFrame(0.25f, new Vector3(300.0f, 100.0f, 0.0f), easeIn); 
    animation.InsertKeyFrame(0.50f, new Vector3(300.0f, 300.0f, 0.0f), linear); 
    animation.InsertKeyFrame(0.75f, new Vector3(100.0f, 300.0f, 0.0f), linear); 
    animation.InsertKeyFrame(1.00f, new Vector3(100.0f, 100.0f, 0.0f), easeOut); 

    // 
    // The animation curve defined by the key frames will scale to match the duration. 
    // 

    animation.Duration = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(4000); 

    targetVisual.StartAnimation("Offset", animation); 
}     

Remarks

If an animation is already bound to an object's property when StartAnimation is called, the previous applied animation will be disconnected and the new animation will be assigned. Similarly, setting the property directly will cause the previous animation to be disconnected and the new property value will take effect.

The following table shows the list of animatable properties:

In addition, properties of some effects under the CompositionEffectBrush object can be animated:

public:
 virtual void StartAnimation(Platform::String ^ propertyName, CompositionAnimation ^ animation, AnimationController ^ animationController) = StartAnimation;

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Overload("StartAnimationWithController")]
void StartAnimation(winrt::hstring const& propertyName, CompositionAnimation const& animation, AnimationController const& animationController);

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Overload("StartAnimationWithController")]
public void StartAnimation(string propertyName, CompositionAnimation animation, AnimationController animationController);

function startAnimation(propertyName, animation, animationController)

Public Sub StartAnimation (propertyName As String, animation As CompositionAnimation, animationController As AnimationController)

Parameters

Attributes

OverloadAttribute

Remarks

The animationController parameter lets you bind multiple animations to a single controller's Progress property, which requires fewer ExpressionAnimation objects than binding multiple animator's Progress properties to a CompositionObject property.