animator

An instance class which manages animations by hooking into requestAnimationFrame (or setInterval if not available).

install

Usage

import Animator from "@jworkshop/animator";

/* Create an instance of an animator. */
let animator = new Animator();

let animateHandler = timeDiff => { ... };

/** Bind an event handler to the animate event. */
animator.add(animateHandler);

/** Unbind an event handler from the animate event. */
animator.remove(animateHandler);

/** Unbind all event handlers from the animate event. */
animator.clear();

/** Set a specific frame rate for the animation. */
animator.setFPS(fps);

/** Start the animation loop. */
animator.start();

/** Pause the animation loop. */
animator.pause();

/** Resume the animation loop. */
animator.resume();

let pauseHandler = () => { ... };

/** Bind an event handler to the pause event. */
animator.onPause(pauseHandler);

/** Unbind an event handler from the pause event. */
animator.removePause(pauseHandler);

/** Unbind all event handlers from the pause event. */
animator.clearPause();

let resumeHandler = () => { ... };

/** Bind an event handler to the resume event. */
animator.onResume(resumeHandler);

/** Unbind an event handler from the resume event. */
animator.removeResume(resumeHandler);

/** Unbind all event handlers from the resume event. */
animator.clearResume();