AnimationTimeline

An AnimationTimeline is a type of Timeline object that generates output values based on its timing progress. All animation types inherit from AnimationTimeline.

Freezable Features: Because it inherits from the Freezable class, the AnimationTimeline class provides several special features: AnimationTimeline objects can be declared as resources, shared among multiple objects, made read-only to improve performance, cloned, and made thread-safe. For more information about the different features provided by Freezable objects, see the Freezable Objects Overview.

To create a custom animation, override or implement the following members:

• CreateInstanceCore – If your new class is concrete, you must override CreateInstanceCore to return a new instance of your class.

• GetCurrentValue – Override this method to return the current value of your animation. It takes three parameters: a default origin value, a default destination value, and an AnimationClock. Use the AnimationClock to obtain the current time or progress for the animation. You can choose whether to use the default origin and destination values.

• IsDestinationDefault – Override this property to indicate whether your animation uses the default destination value specified by the GetCurrentValue method.

• TargetPropertyType – Override this property to indicate the Type of output your animation produces.

If the class does not use dependency properties to store its data or it requires extra initialization after creation, you might need to override additional methods; see the Freezable Objects Overview for more information.

For more information about creating custom animations, see the Custom Animations Overview.

/*

   This sample demonstrates how to apply non-storyboard animations to a property.
   To animate in markup, you must use storyboards.

*/ 

using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Windows.Controls;

namespace Microsoft.Samples.Animation.LocalAnimations
{

    // Create the demonstration. 
    public class LocalAnimationExample : Page 
    {




        public LocalAnimationExample()
        {


            WindowTitle = "Local Animation Example";
            StackPanel myStackPanel = new StackPanel();
            myStackPanel.Margin = new Thickness(20);                     


            // Create and set the Button.
            Button aButton = new Button();
            aButton.Content = "A Button";

            // Animate the Button's Width.
            DoubleAnimation myDoubleAnimation = new DoubleAnimation();
            myDoubleAnimation.From = 75;
            myDoubleAnimation.To = 300;
            myDoubleAnimation.Duration =  new Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
            myDoubleAnimation.AutoReverse = true;
            myDoubleAnimation.RepeatBehavior = RepeatBehavior.Forever;

            // Apply the animation to the button's Width property.
            aButton.BeginAnimation(Button.WidthProperty, myDoubleAnimation);       

            // Create and animate a Brush to set the button's Background.
            SolidColorBrush myBrush = new SolidColorBrush();
            myBrush.Color = Colors.Blue;            

            ColorAnimation myColorAnimation = new ColorAnimation();
            myColorAnimation.From = Colors.Blue;
            myColorAnimation.To = Colors.Red;
            myColorAnimation.Duration =  new Duration(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(7000));
            myColorAnimation.AutoReverse = true;
            myColorAnimation.RepeatBehavior = RepeatBehavior.Forever;

            // Apply the animation to the brush's Color property.
            myBrush.BeginAnimation(SolidColorBrush.ColorProperty, myColorAnimation);           
            aButton.Background = myBrush;

            // Add the Button to the panel.
            myStackPanel.Children.Add(aButton);
            this.Content = myStackPanel;
        }
    }

}