DevBytes: Cartoon Animation Techniques

This time, we wrap up the series on cartoon animation techniques with a demo that shows a few of the techniques in the context of a larger application. Because it's nice to know how to write the code, but you might also be wondering why you might want to.

For some real-world context, you could also check out games such as Candy Crush Saga (a horribly addictive game I've gotten sucked into that's less like casual gaming and more like casual crack). It uses a veritable plethora of cartoon animation techniques to keep the player engaged with the game and disengaged from their life.

This and other cartoon animation techniques were discussed in the talk A Moving Experience at Google I/O 2013

Code: http://developer.android.com/shareables/devbytes/ToonGame.zip

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sG3bAPOhyw&list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc_XOgcRukSoKKjewFJZrKV0

DevBytes: Squash & Stretch

Cartoon animation uses a technique called "squash & stretch" for achieving different effects of objects interacting with their environment.

This episode shows how we can use similar techniques to get more organic and lively animations in user interfaces.

This and other cartoon animation techniques were discussed in the talk A Moving Experience at Google I/O 2013.

Code: http://developer.android.com/shareables/devbytes/SquashAndStretch.zip

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJL1oW6DlCc

Or, in illustrated form: