This sample demonstrates how to animate elements and apply easing functions to the animations to achieve various effects.
Specifically, this sample covers:
- Performing basic animations using the Storyboard class. This scenario uses a DoubleAnimation to animate the Canvas.Left property of an element.
- Performing more complex animations. This scenario adds a ColorAnimation to the previous animation so that the Fill property of a Shape changes while it moves. This scenario also demonstrates the use of ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames and DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames to achieve the same effect but with discrete values in the animations.
- Creating realistic motion effects by setting the EasingFunction and EasingMode properties of the various animation classes.
This sample is written in XAML. For the HTML version, see the Using the Animation Library animations sample (HTML).
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Related topics
- Roadmaps
- Roadmap for C# and Visual Basic
- Samples
- Windows 8 app samples
- Reference
- Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.Animation
- Storyboard
- DoubleAnimation
- ColorAnimation
- ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames
- DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames
- EasingMode
- Concepts
- QuickStart: Animating your UI
Operating system requirements
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Build the sample
- Start Visual Studio 2013 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
- Go to the directory in which you unzipped the sample. Go to the directory named for the sample, and double-click the Microsoft Visual Studio Solution (.sln) file.
- Press F7 or use Build > Build Solution to build the sample.
Run the sample
To debug the app and then run it, press F5 or use Debug > Start Debugging. To run the app without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or use Debug > Start Without Debugging.