How to Animate Path in SwiftUI

Question

Being unfamiliar with SwiftUI and the fact that there is not much documentation on this new framework yet. I was wondering if anyone was familiar with how it would be possib

Answer 1

Animation of paths is showcased in the WWDC session 237 (Building Custom Views with SwiftUI). The key is using AnimatableData. You can jump ahead to 31:23, but I recommend you start at least at minute 27:47.

You will also need to download the sample code, because conveniently, the interesting bits are not shown (nor explained) in the presentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/drawing_and_animation/building_custom_views_in_swiftui

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More documentation: Since I originally posted the answer, I continued to investigate how to animate Paths and posted an article with an extensive explanation of the Animatable protocol and how to use it with Paths: https://swiftui-lab.com/swiftui-animations-part1/

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Update:

I have been working with shape path animations. Here's a GIF.

And here's the code:

IMPORTANT: The code does not animate on Xcode Live Previews. It needs to run either on the simulator or on a real device.

import SwiftUI

struct ContentView : View {
    var body: some View {
        RingSpinner().padding(20)
    }
}

struct RingSpinner : View {
    @State var pct: Double = 0.0

    var animation: Animation {
        Animation.basic(duration: 1.5).repeatForever(autoreverses: false)
    }

    var body: some View {

        GeometryReader { geometry in
            ZStack {
                Path { path in

                    path.addArc(center: CGPoint(x: geometry.size.width/2, y: geometry.size.width/2),
                                radius: geometry.size.width/2,
                                startAngle: Angle(degrees: 0),
                                endAngle: Angle(degrees: 360),
                                clockwise: true)
                }
                .stroke(Color.green, lineWidth: 40)

                InnerRing(pct: self.pct).stroke(Color.yellow, lineWidth: 20)
            }
        }
        .aspectRatio(1, contentMode: .fit)
            .padding(20)
            .onAppear() {
                withAnimation(self.animation) {
                    self.pct = 1.0
                }
        }
    }

}

struct InnerRing : Shape {
    var lagAmmount = 0.35
    var pct: Double

    func path(in rect: CGRect) -> Path {

        let end = pct * 360
        var start: Double

        if pct > (1 - lagAmmount) {
            start = 360 * (2 * pct - 1.0)
        } else if pct > lagAmmount {
            start = 360 * (pct - lagAmmount)
        } else {
            start = 0
        }

        var p = Path()

        p.addArc(center: CGPoint(x: rect.size.width/2, y: rect.size.width/2),
                 radius: rect.size.width/2,
                 startAngle: Angle(degrees: start),
                 endAngle: Angle(degrees: end),
                 clockwise: false)

        return p
    }

    var animatableData: Double {
        get { return pct }
        set { pct = newValue }
    }
}