在iOS 5中,苹果引入了一个新的CALayer
子类叫做CAEmitterLayer
。CAEmitterLayer
是一个高性能的粒子引擎,被用来创建实时例子动画如:烟雾,火,雨等等这些效果。
CAEmitterLayer
看上去像是许多CAEmitterCell
的容器,这些CAEmitierCell
定义了一个例子效果。你将会为不同的例子效果定义一个或多个CAEmitterCell
作为模版,同时CAEmitterLayer
负责基于这些模版实例化一个粒子流。一个CAEmitterCell
类似于一个CALayer
:它有一个contents
属性可以定义为一个CGImage
,另外还有一些可设置属性控制着表现和行为。我们不会对这些属性逐一进行详细的描述,你们可以在CAEmitterCell
类的头文件中找到。
#import "ViewController.h"
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
@interface ViewController ()
@property (nonatomic, weak) IBOutlet UIView *containerView;
@end
@implementation ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];

//create particle emitter layer
CAEmitterLayer *emitter = [CAEmitterLayer layer];
emitter.frame = self.containerView.bounds;
[self.containerView.layer addSublayer:emitter];
//configure emitter
emitter.renderMode = kCAEmitterLayerAdditive;
emitter.emitterPosition = CGPointMake(emitter.frame.size.width / 2.0, emitter.frame.size.height / 2.0);
//create a particle template
CAEmitterCell *cell = [[CAEmitterCell alloc] init];
cell.contents = (__bridge id)[UIImage imageNamed:@"Spark.png"].CGImage;
cell.birthRate = 150;
cell.lifetime = 5.0;
cell.color = [UIColor colorWithRed:1 green:0.5 blue:0.1 alpha:1.0].CGColor;
cell.alphaSpeed = -0.4;
cell.velocity = 50;
cell.velocityRange = 50;
cell.emissionRange = M_PI * 2.0;
//add particle template to emitter
emitter.emitterCells = @[cell];
}
@end