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Video Tutorial: CALayers Part 1: Getting Started

Learn about the base class of all layers, CALayer, and how you can set some properties on it to accomplish some interesting effects.

Ray Wenderlich
By Ray Wenderlich May 26 2015 · Article (0 mins)
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