Introduction

You will not see apps (successful ones) in the App Store using native components without customization. You need your app to look great, unique, appealing, attractive, and eye-catching. This can't be achieved without getting your hands dirty with drawing, animation, and getting the skills of how to build custom components. In this chapter, we will see how to draw simple shapes and animate them. We will draw lines, shapes, and text and animate them. We will see how to add gradients or shadows to shapes. Lastly, we will discuss the various ways of animating views or layers.