How do I animate constraints and view properties in Swift?

Animating constraints and view properties in Swift can enhance the user experience by providing smooth transitions and changes in your user interface. Whether you're modifying frames, adding or removing constraints, or changing view properties like opacity and rotation, Swift makes it easy to create engaging animations.

// Example of animating constraints and view properties import UIKit class ViewController: UIViewController { let squareView = UIView() var squareViewLeadingConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint! override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() setupSquareView() } func setupSquareView() { squareView.backgroundColor = .blue squareView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false view.addSubview(squareView) squareViewLeadingConstraint = squareView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor, constant: 20) squareViewLeadingConstraint.isActive = true squareView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor, constant: 100).isActive = true squareView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 100).isActive = true squareView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 100).isActive = true } func animateView() { // Animate the constraint change UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.5, animations: { self.squareViewLeadingConstraint.constant += 100 self.squareView.backgroundColor = .red self.view.layoutIfNeeded() // Update layout }) } }

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