User interface utilities for Corona

Installation is done with cipr

cipr install git://github.com/six8/cipr.ui.git

Some examples. See Getting started with Cipr for more examples.

See source for full functionality.

Transitions are a powerful feature of Corona. Often you need to run several transitions on a single object before finally destroying it. In this example, we'll create a mini-particle engine that will use EffectChain to power animations.

local EffectChain = cipr.import 'cipr.ui.EffectChain'
local random = math.random

local particleGroup = display.newGroup()

-- EffectChains are re-usable
local popBubble = EffectChain():
    fadeIn{time=500}:
    transition{y=10, time=400, transition=easing.inExpo}:
    scale{scale=4, alpha=0,time=200}:
    call(display.remove)

--[[
Create a randomly sized particle and make it float and pop
]]--
local function addNewParticle()
    local x = random(20, display.contentWidth - 20)
    local y = random(100, display.contentHeight - 20)
    local particle = display.newCircle(particleGroup, x, y, random(5, 20))
    particle:setFillColor(255, 255, 255, 200)

    -- Clone the EffectChain for this particle and play it
    popBubble:on(particle):play()
end

timer.performWithDelay(100, addNewParticle, -2)

Almost every 2D game has a Parallax background. ParallaxView makes it easy to create these types of backgrounds.

local ParallaxView = cipr.import 'cipr.ui.widgets.ParallaxView'

local background = display.newGroup()

local pview = ParallaxView:new(display.contentWidth, display.contentHeight)
background:insert(pview.view)
background.y = display.contentHeight

-- This layer moves at 1/4 the speed
local layer1 = pview:newLayer(0.25)

local bgA = display.newRect(0, 0, 400, 220)
bgA:setFillColor(120, 120, 120)

local bgB = display.newRect(0, 0, 400, 280)
bgB:setFillColor(140, 140, 140)

local bgC = display.newRect(0, 0, 400, 200)
bgC:setFillColor(160, 160, 160)

layer1:addCol(bgA)
layer1:addCol(bgB)
layer1:addCol(bgC)

-- This layer moves at half the speed
local layer2 = pview:newLayer(0.5)

-- A layer must have at least 2 columns. The width of all
-- the cols combined must be at least the width of the view
-- in order to loop properly
local bg1 = display.newRect(0, 0, 300, 120)
bg1:setFillColor(90, 90, 90)

local bg2 = display.newRect(0, 0, 300, 80)
bg2:setFillColor(50, 50, 50)

local bg3 = display.newRect(0, 0, 300, 100)
bg3:setFillColor(75, 75, 75)

layer2:addCol(bg1)
layer2:addCol(bg2)
layer2:addCol(bg3)


local x = 0
local function enterFrame()
    x = x + 10
    pview:scrollTo(x, 0, 1)
end

Runtime:addEventListener('enterFrame', enterFrame)