What is this?
AsyncDisplayKit (ASDK) is an iOS framework for smooth asynchronous user interfaces: it moves expensive UI work — image decoding, text sizing and rendering, layout — off the main thread so the app keeps responding to the user.
AsyncDisplayKit (ASDK) is an iOS framework for smooth asynchronous user interfaces: it moves expensive UI work — image decoding, text sizing and rendering, layout — off the main thread so the app keeps responding to the user.Is it a framework or a library, and what's the core idea?It's a framework built around the node: an ASDisplayNode is an abstraction over UIView, which in turn abstracts CALayer. Unlike views, nodes are thread-safe, so you can instantiate and configure whole hierarchies on background threads.
It's a framework built around the node: an ASDisplayNode is an abstraction over UIView, which in turn abstracts CALayer. Unlike views, nodes are thread-safe, so you can instantiate and configure whole hierarchies on background threads.How do I add it to my app?Through CocoaPods or Carthage — the README links to an Installation guide with step-by-step instructions.
Through CocoaPods or Carthage — the README links to an Installation guide with step-by-step instructions.Should I start a new project with it today?Careful: the repository is archived and the README opens by saying AsyncDisplayKit has been moved and renamed, so track down its new home before adopting it.
Careful: the repository is archived and the README opens by saying AsyncDisplayKit has been moved and renamed, so track down its new home before adopting it.What kind of apps benefit from it most?Scroll- or page-style interfaces that preload data, screens fighting cell reuse bugs, and any app dropping frames — the README says developers dealing with that boilerplate can benefit from integrating ASDK.
Scroll- or page-style interfaces that preload data, screens fighting cell reuse bugs, and any app dropping frames — the README says developers dealing with that boilerplate can benefit from integrating ASDK.Is it free to use in a commercial app?Yes — BSD-licensed with an additional patent grant. Files in /examples carry their own licenses, and the documentation is CC-BY-4.0.
Yes — BSD-licensed with an additional patent grant. Files in /examples carry their own licenses, and the documentation is CC-BY-4.0.How tight is the frame budget it fights against?At the 60 fps gold standard the main thread gets about 16 milliseconds per frame — usually under ten after system overhead. Anything slower and the app drops frames, which is exactly what ASDK is built to prevent.
At the 60 fps gold standard the main thread gets about 16 milliseconds per frame — usually under ten after system overhead. Anything slower and the app drops frames, which is exactly what ASDK is built to prevent.What learning materials ship with it?A Getting Started guide, sample projects you can download, and a full API reference. The samples live in the repo's /examples directory, which is licensed separately from the BSD-licensed framework code.
A Getting Started guide, sample projects you can download, and a full API reference. The samples live in the repo's /examples directory, which is licensed separately from the BSD-licensed framework code.What are similar projects?FSCalendar, SDWebImage, pop, Spring, Eureka, DZNEmptyDataSet, SVProgressHUD, AFNetworking
FSCalendar, SDWebImage, pop, Spring, Eureka, DZNEmptyDataSet, SVProgressHUD, AFNetworkingWhich topics is it in?carthage, uikit, cocoapods, objective-c, concurrency, async, mobile-development, rendering, bsd, ui-components, deprecated, mobile
carthage, uikit, cocoapods, objective-c, concurrency, async, mobile-development, rendering, bsd, ui-components, deprecated, mobile- Creator
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