SLTextLayer Class Reference

Overview

The layer type used by Squall to render and layout text coming from After Effects. You can change attributes of the layer and have the animations adapt accordingly.

Call layoutText after you have made changes to the text layer.

NSError* error;
SLSquallAnimation *animation = [SLSquallAnimation animationFromBundle:@"myAETextAnimation.sqa"
                                                  error:&error];
if (!error) {
    SLTextLayer* testLayer = [animation getTextLayerWithName:@"myAETextLayer"];
    textLayer.text = @"new Text";
    [textLayer layoutText];

    //Prevents the animation to clip the text layer should it
    //now exceed the bounds of the main composition layer.
    animation.rootLayer.masksToBounds = false;

    [animation play];
    [self.view.layer addSublayer:animation];
}

SWIFT
let animation = SLSquallAnimation(fromBundle: "myAETextAnimation.sqa")
let textLayer = animation?.getTextLayerWithName("myAETextLayer")
textLayer?.text = "new Text";
textLayer?.layoutText()

//Prevents the animation to clip the text layer should it
//now exceed the bounds of the main composition layer.
animation?.rootLayer?.masksToBounds = false
animation?.play()
if animation != nil {
    self.view.layer.addSublayer(animation!)
}