QuartzCode for Android

It is a little quirky to wrap your head around some of the concepts, but I was able to add pretty complex animations into our app in less than a day that I was quite proud of. it compares with paint code, but I would clasify paint code as being useful for assets where this really focuses on animations. The support was first rate where I reached out with a problem on Facebook, got approved by the group within a minute or so, then all responses were within a few minutes. My issue was the way I had tweaked some of the parameters, so they asked me to submit a sample, which was analyzed and fixed my problem wtihin 30 minutes. How could you ask for better support? Is it perfect? No. Are there things I think it could do better? Certainly. Are there things I can do in this that I couldn’t do in Paint Code? Absolutely 1000% yes. You can do simple animations in paint code but nothing like this. Though you can import and move around pictures, we did everything in vectors via SVC and they look awesome when we scale. For animations in IOS the future looks bright with QuartzCode and we are planning to use this all throughout our app to add the “delighters” apps today so desperately need. If they are as responsive in their development as they are in their support—the future looks very bright indeed.

Perfect for anyone who wants to add custom, high quality, interactive UI elements into their app. Time-saving solution for entry level to seasoned app developers. Compliments my arsenal of app dev tools– cost is justified. I STRONGLY SUGGEST watching the tutorials from the developer’s site, specifically the video titled “Easy Way to Use Generated Code”. This short step-by-step video will show you how to import the generated code into your Xcode project.

I’ve been using QuartzCode on and off for 4 days. I’ve already committed two animations for eventual release in our production application. Be warned: the learning curve is steep because the amount of functionality QuartzCode makes accessible is vast. Where custom animations used to be daunting, QuartzCode makes them fun. I’m looking forward to the next custom animation I must add to our production application. I was very frustrated at first by the UI — values changed unexpectedly and my file got saved automatically with changes I didn’t want. “Preferences” solved both those issues. The video tutorials are extremely helpful, if difficult to follow at times.

It DOES make things super easier and helps on building and understanding ObjC/Swift animations. I’m comparing this app with PaintCode (and that’s a good thing). I know the focus / goals aren’t exactly the same, my point is: QuartzCode's interface could be a little more polished (that’s the only reason I’m giving it 4 stars instead of 5). Anyway, I can already see some improvements there with the latest beta… At the end of the day, I was able to deploy an animation made by a designer and the result pleased both. Apps like these seems difficult to implement, congratulations for the developer(s). Ah, the support is outstanding, thanks for all the help. (One more thing, please implement fullscreen support, thanks!)

QuartzCode is a really nice tool to have in your toolbox. I’ve used it extensively for gradient animations and idea exploration, but wound up changing the generated code quite a bit to get the control I desired. The example files provided are amazing and really do show that the boundaries can be pushed quite far with a little imagination. Yes I’ve run across a few bugs, and I’ve found the value editing in the inspector panel to get a little strange at times. But overall I still think this is an excellent investment, and a great playground for exploring animation ideas.