How to pause, resume, remove or invalidate a CADisplayLink in Swift
A guide on the functions that allow you to stop, start, remove or invalidate a CADisplayLink.
Written by Oscar de la Hera Gomez
First published on 10/11/2023 at 13:42
Last Updated on 10/11/2023 at 15:24
A guide on the functions that allow you to stop, start, remove or invalidate a CADisplayLink.
SubscribeHow to perform animations in Metal using a CADisplayLinkPause
To pause an active CADisplayLink, set its isPaused property to false.
displayLink.isPaused = falseResume
To resume an paused CADisplayLink, set its isPaused property to true.
displayLink.isPaused = trueRemove
To remove an active CADisplaylink, call the remove function and pass in the runLoop and mode that you used when you added it.
displayLink.remove(to: .main, forMode: .default)Invalidate
To invalidate an active CADisplaylink, call the invalidate function.
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