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-# Animation, matrices, and transitions
-
-<!-- TOC-START -->
-## Contents
-
-- [1. Overview](#1-overview)
-- [2. Basic animations](#2-basic-animations)
-- [3. 2D matrix animations](#3-2d-matrix-animations)
-- [4. 3D matrix animations (iOS only)](#4-3d-matrix-animations-ios-only)
-- [5. iOS transitions](#5-ios-transitions)
-- [6. Dynamic animations (iOS only)](#6-dynamic-animations-ios-only)
-- [7. Animation events](#7-animation-events)
-- [8. Common animation patterns](#8-common-animation-patterns)
-- [9. Performance considerations](#9-performance-considerations)
-- [10. Platform differences](#10-platform-differences)
-- [Best practices](#best-practices)
-
-<!-- TOC-END -->
-
-## 1. Overview
-
-Animations make state changes easier to read and can help an interface feel responsive. Use them with restraint. Titanium includes:
-- Basic property animations (opacity, position, color, etc.)
-- 2D matrix transforms (scale, rotate, translate) for iOS and Android
-- 3D matrix transforms (x, y, z space) for iOS only
-- iOS transitions (flip, curl, etc.)
-- Dynamic, physics-based animations for iOS only
-
-## 2. Basic animations
-
-### Property animation syntax
-
-```javascript
-// Method 1: Direct object
-view.animate({
-  opacity: 0,
-  duration: 2000
-});
-
-// Method 2: Animation object (reusable)
-const fadeOut = Ti.UI.createAnimation({
-  opacity: 0,
-  duration: 2000
-});
-view.animate(fadeOut);
-
-// Method 3: With callback
-view.animate({
-  opacity: 0,
-  duration: 2000
-}, () => {
-  Ti.API.info('Animation complete');
-  // Optional: reverse animation
-  view.animate({
-    opacity: 1,
-    duration: 2000
-  });
-});
-```
-
-### Animation properties
-
-| Property                         | Description               | Default                             |
-| -------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
-| `duration`                       | Duration in milliseconds  | 0                                   |
-| `delay`                          | Delay before starting     | 0                                   |
-| `curve`                          | Easing function           | `Ti.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_EASE_IN_OUT` |
-| `autoreverse`                    | Return to original state  | `false`                             |
-| `repeat`                         | Number of times to repeat | 0                                   |
-| `opacity`                        | Target opacity (0-1)      | -                                   |
-| `top`, `left`, `bottom`, `right` | Position values           | -                                   |
-| `width`, `height`                | Size values               | -                                   |
-| `backgroundColor`                | Target color              | -                                   |
-| `transform`                      | Matrix transformation     | -                                   |
-| `view`                           | View for transition       | -                                   |
-| `transition`                     | Transition type (iOS)     | -                                   |
-
-### Animation curves (easing)
-
-```javascript
-// Available curves
-Ti.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_EASE_IN_OUT
-Ti.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_EASE_IN
-Ti.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_EASE_OUT
-Ti.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_LINEAR
-Ti.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_SPRING  // iOS only
-
-// Example
-view.animate({
-  left: 100,
-  duration: 1000,
-  curve: Ti.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_EASE_IN_OUT
-});
-```
-
-### Reversing animation
-
-```javascript
-// Use autoreverse for simple reversal
-view.animate({
-  opacity: 0,
-  duration: 2000,
-  autoreverse: true
-});
-
-// Or manual reversal with callback
-view.animate({
-  opacity: 0,
-  duration: 2000
-}, () => {
-  view.animate({
-    opacity: 1,
-    duration: 2000
-  });
-});
-```
-
-### Repeating animation
-
-```javascript
-// Repeat 3 times
-view.animate({
-  opacity: 0,
-  duration: 500,
-  repeat: 3
-});
-
-// Infinite loop (with autoreverse)
-view.animate({
-  opacity: 0,
-  duration: 500,
-  autoreverse: true,
-  repeat: Number.MAX_VALUE  // Infinite
-});
-
-// Stop animation
-view.animate({ opacity: view.opacity, duration: 0 });
-```
-
-## 3. 2D matrix animations
-
-2D matrices work on both iOS and Android. They transform the x and y plane with scale, rotate, translate, and skew.
-
-### Basic 2D transform
-
-```javascript
-// Create matrix
-let matrix2d = Ti.UI.create2DMatrix();
-
-// Apply transformations
-matrix2d = matrix2d.rotate(20);         // Rotate 20 degrees
-matrix2d = matrix2d.scale(1.5);         // Scale 1.5x
-matrix2d = matrix2d.translate(50, 50);  // Move 50px right, 50px down
-
-// Apply animation
-view.animate({
-  transform: matrix2d,
-  duration: 2000,
-  autoreverse: true,
-  repeat: 3
-});
-```
-
-### 2D matrix methods
-
-| Method              | Description               |
-| ------------------- | ------------------------- |
-| `rotate(degrees)`   | Rotate clockwise          |
-| `scale(sx, sy)`     | Scale (sy defaults to sx) |
-| `translate(dx, dy)` | Move by delta             |
-| `skew(x, y)`        | Skew or shear             |
-| `invert()`          | Invert matrix             |
-| `multiply(matrix)`  | Multiply matrices         |
-| `length`            | Get matrix length         |
-
-### Sequential transformations
-
-Order matters.
-
-```javascript
-// Rotate THEN scale
-const matrix1 = Ti.UI.create2DMatrix()
-  .rotate(45)
-  .scale(2);
-
-// Scale THEN rotate (different result)
-const matrix2 = Ti.UI.create2DMatrix()
-  .scale(2)
-  .rotate(45);
-```
-
-### Identity (reset) transform
-
-```javascript
-// Reset to original state
-const identity = Ti.UI.create2DMatrix();
-view.animate({
-  transform: identity,
-  duration: 500
-});
-```
-
-## 4. 3D matrix animations (iOS only)
-
-3D matrices work in x, y, and z space on iOS only.
-
-### Basic 3D transform
-
-```javascript
-let matrix3d = Ti.UI.create3DMatrix();
-
-// Rotate around axis vector (x, y, z)
-matrix3d = matrix3d.rotate(180, 1, 1, 0);  // 180 degrees around diagonal
-
-// Scale in 3 dimensions
-matrix3d = matrix3d.scale(2, 2, 2);
-
-// Apply animation
-view.animate({
-  transform: matrix3d,
-  duration: 2000,
-  autoreverse: true
-});
-```
-
-### 3D matrix methods
-
-| Method                     | Description          |
-| -------------------------- | -------------------- |
-| `rotate(degrees, x, y, z)` | Rotate around vector |
-| `scale(sx, sy, sz)`        | Scale in 3D          |
-| `translate(dx, dy, dz)`    | Move in 3D           |
-| `invert()`                 | Invert matrix        |
-| `multiply(matrix)`         | Multiply matrices    |
-| `perspective(p)`           | Set perspective      |
-
-### Flip card effect
-
-```javascript
-const frontView = Ti.UI.createView({
-  backgroundColor: 'red',
-  width: 200, height: 200
-});
-
-const backView = Ti.UI.createView({
-  backgroundColor: 'blue',
-  width: 200, height: 200
-});
-
-let isFlipped = false;
-
-frontView.addEventListener('click', () => {
-  const matrix = Ti.UI.create3DMatrix().rotate(180, 0, 1, 0);
-
-  if (!isFlipped) {
-    frontView.animate({
-      transform: matrix,
-      duration: 500,
-      visible: false
-    });
-    backView.transform = matrix;
-    backView.animate({
-      transform: Ti.UI.create3DMatrix(),
-      duration: 500,
-      visible: true
-    });
-  }
-  isFlipped = !isFlipped;
-});
-```
-
-## 5. iOS transitions
-
-Transitions are built-in animations for switching between views and windows.
-
-### Transition constants
-
-```javascript
-Ti.UI.iPhone.AnimationStyle.CURL_UP
-Ti.UI.iPhone.AnimationStyle.CURL_DOWN
-Ti.UI.iPhone.AnimationStyle.FLIP_FROM_LEFT
-Ti.UI.iPhone.AnimationStyle.FLIP_FROM_RIGHT
-Ti.UI.iPhone.AnimationStyle.NONE
-Ti.UI.iPhone.AnimationStyle.OPAQUE_FADE  // Fade with black (not transparent)
-```
-
-### View transition
-
-```javascript
-const container = Ti.UI.createView({ width: 300, height: 300 });
-const box1 = Ti.UI.createView({ backgroundColor: 'red' });
-const box2 = Ti.UI.createView({ backgroundColor: 'blue' });
-container.add(box1);
-
-let selectedIndex = 0;
-
-container.addEventListener('click', () => {
-  if (selectedIndex % 2 === 0) {
-    container.animate({
-      view: box2,
-      transition: Ti.UI.iPhone.AnimationStyle.FLIP_FROM_LEFT
-    });
-  } else {
-    container.animate({
-      view: box1,
-      transition: Ti.UI.iPhone.AnimationStyle.FLIP_FROM_RIGHT
-    });
-  }
-  selectedIndex++;
-});
-```
-
-### Window transition (NavigationWindow)
-
-```javascript
-const navWindow = Ti.UI.createNavigationWindow({
-  window: Ti.UI.createWindow({ backgroundColor: 'white' })
-});
-
-const win1 = Ti.UI.createWindow({
-  title: 'Window 1',
-  backgroundColor: 'red',
-  transitionAnimation: Ti.UI.iOS.createTransitionAnimation({
-    hide: Ti.UI.createAnimation({
-      transform: Ti.UI.create3DMatrix().translate(-300, 0, 0),
-      duration: 500
-    }),
-    show: Ti.UI.createAnimation({
-      transform: Ti.UI.create3DMatrix(),
-      duration: 500
-    })
-  })
-});
-
-navWindow.openWindow(win1);
-```
-
-## 6. Dynamic animations (iOS only)
-
-Physics-based animations use `Ti.UI.iOS.Animator`.
-
-### Gravity animation
-
-```javascript
-const animator = Ti.UI.iOS.createAnimator({
-  referenceView: containerView
-});
-
-// Add gravity behavior
-const gravity = Ti.UI.iOS.createGravityBehavior({
-  gravityDirection: { x: 0.0, y: 1.0 }  // Downward
-});
-
-// Add items to gravity
-gravity.addItem(animatedView);
-animator.addBehavior(gravity);
-
-// Add collision boundaries
-const collision = Ti.UI.iOS.createCollisionBehavior({
-  collisionMode: Ti.UI.iOS.COLLISION_MODE_BOUNDARY,
-  boundary: containerView.toImage()
-});
-collision.addItem(animatedView);
-animator.addBehavior(collision);
-
-animator.startAnimator();
-```
-
-### Attachment (spring) behavior
-
-```javascript
-const attachment = Ti.UI.iOS.createAttachmentBehavior({
-  items: [view1, view2],
-  anchorPoint: { x: 150, y: 150 },
-  frequency: 1.0,  // Oscillations per second
-  damping: 0.1,    // Bounciness (0 = none, 1 = no bounce)
-  length: 100      // Distance between items
-});
-
-animator.addBehavior(attachment);
-animator.startAnimator();
-```
-
-### Push behavior
-
-```javascript
-const push = Ti.UI.iOS.createPushBehavior({
-  pushDirection: { x: 1.0, y: 0.0 },  // Rightward
-  mode: Ti.UI.iOS.PUSH_MODE_INSTANTANEOUS,
-  pushMagnitude: 5.0
-});
-
-push.addItem(viewToPush);
-animator.addBehavior(push);
-```
-
-## 7. Animation events
-
-### Animation lifecycle
-
-```javascript
-const animation = Ti.UI.createAnimation({
-  opacity: 0,
-  duration: 2000
-});
-
-// 'start' event
-animation.addEventListener('start', (e) => {
-  Ti.API.info('Animation started');
-});
-
-// 'complete' event
-animation.addEventListener('complete', (e) => {
-  Ti.API.info(`Animation complete. Was canceled: ${e.cancelled}`);
-});
-
-view.animate(animation);
-```
-
-### Stopping animations
-
-```javascript
-// Method 1: Overwrite with new animation (duration: 0)
-view.animate({
-  opacity: view.opacity,
-  duration: 0,
-  curve: Ti.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_LINEAR
-});
-
-// Method 2: Remove from parent
-parent.remove(view);
-
-// Method 3: Set visible to false
-view.visible = false;
-```
-
-## 8. Common animation patterns
-
-### Fade in and out
-
-```javascript
-function fadeIn(view, duration, callback) {
-  view.opacity = 0;
-  view.animate({ opacity: 1, duration: duration }, callback);
-}
-
-function fadeOut(view, duration, callback) {
-  view.animate({ opacity: 0, duration: duration }, function() {
-    view.visible = false;
-    if (callback) callback();
-  });
-}
-```
-
-### Slide in
-
-```javascript
-function slideInFromRight(view, duration) {
-  view.left = Ti.Platform.displayCaps.platformWidth;  // Start off-screen
-  view.animate({
-    left: 0,
-    duration: duration,
-    curve: Ti.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_EASE_OUT
-  });
-}
-```
-
-### Pulse animation
-
-```javascript
-function pulse(view) {
-  view.animate({
-    transform: Ti.UI.create2DMatrix().scale(1.1),
-    duration: 150,
-    autoreverse: true,
-    curve: Ti.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_EASE_IN_OUT
-  }, function() {
-    // Optional: repeat
-    // pulse(view);
-  });
-}
-```
-
-### Shake animation
-
-```javascript
-function shake(view) {
-  const shake = Ti.UI.createAnimation({
-    transform: Ti.UI.create2DMatrix().translate(10, 0),
-    duration: 50,
-    autoreverse: true,
-    repeat: 5
-  });
-  view.animate(shake);
-}
-```
-
-### Bounce in
-
-```javascript
-function bounceIn(view) {
-  view.transform = Ti.UI.create2DMatrix().scale(0);
-  view.animate({
-    transform: Ti.UI.create2DMatrix().scale(1.2),
-    duration: 300,
-    curve: Ti.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_EASE_OUT
-  }, function() {
-    view.animate({
-      transform: Ti.UI.create2DMatrix().scale(1.0),
-      duration: 200,
-      curve: Ti.UI.ANIMATION_CURVE_EASE_IN_OUT
-    });
-  });
-}
-```
-
-## 9. Performance considerations
-
-Do:
-- Use hardware-accelerated properties (opacity, transform).
-- Animate `transform` instead of `top` or `left` when possible.
-- Use `autoreverse` for simple back-and-forth.
-- Cache animation objects for reuse.
-- Stop unused animations.
-
-Don't:
-- Animate `width` or `height` since it triggers layout recalculation.
-- Animate too many views at once.
-- Use JavaScript loops for animation.
-- Animate properties that trigger reflow.
-
-### Bad vs good
-
-```javascript
-// BAD - Triggers layout
-view.animate({
-  left: view.left + 100,
-  top: view.top + 100,
-  duration: 500
-});
-
-// GOOD - Hardware accelerated
-view.animate({
-  transform: Ti.UI.create2DMatrix().translate(100, 100),
-  duration: 500
-});
-```
-
-## 10. Platform differences
-
-### iOS vs Android
-
-| Feature            | iOS          | Android           |
-| ------------------ | ------------ | ----------------- |
-| 2D matrix          | Full support | Full support      |
-| 3D matrix          | Full support | Not supported     |
-| Transitions        | Full support | Not supported     |
-| Dynamic animations | Full support | Not supported     |
-| Curves             | +SPRING      | Basic curves only |
-| Color animation    | RGBA full    | Basic colors      |
-
-## Best practices
-
-1. Keep animations simple. The more complex they get, the harder they are to debug.
-2. Test on devices. Simulator performance is not the same.
-3. Consider accessibility. Respect the `reduceMotion` setting.
-4. Use sensible duration. 200 to 300 ms for subtle motion, about 500 ms for noticeable.
-5. Avoid long animation chains. Prefer a callback instead of deep nesting.
-6. Clean up. Remove event listeners on animation completion.