spruce up readme a bit more

Example-iOS/Source/UIkit/SimpleAnimation.swift

@@ -9,16 +9,31 @@
 import UIKit
 import RiveRuntime
 
+func getResourceBytes(resourceName: String, resourceExt: String=".riv") -> [UInt8] {
+    guard let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: resourceName, withExtension: resourceExt) else {
+        fatalError("Failed to locate \(resourceName) in bundle.")
+    }
+    guard let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url) else {
+        fatalError("Failed to load \(url) from bundle.")
+    }
+
+    // Import the data into a RiveFile
+    return [UInt8](data)
+}
+
 
 class SimpleAnimationViewController: UIViewController {
     let resourceName = "truck_v7"
 
-
     override public func loadView() {
         super.loadView()
-        // Wire up an instance of RiveView to the controller
+
         let view = RiveView()
+        guard let riveFile = RiveFile(byteArray: getResourceBytes(resourceName: resourceName)) else {
+            fatalError("Failed to load RiveFile")
+        }
+        view.configure(riveFile)
+
         self.view = view
-        (self.view! as! RiveView).configure(getRiveFile(resourceName: resourceName))
     }
 }

README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ iOS runtime for [Rive](https://rive.app/)
 
 This is the Android runtime for [Rive](https://rive.app), currently in beta. The api is subject to change as we continue to improve it. Please file issues and PRs for anything busted, missing, or just wrong.
 
-
 # Installing rive-ios
 
 ## Via github
@@ -19,13 +18,13 @@ You can clone this repository and include the RiveRuntime.xcodeproj to build a d
 
 When pulling down this repo, you'll need to make sure to also pull down the submodule which contains the C++ runtime that our iOS runtime is built upon. The easiest way to do this is to run this:
 
-```
+```sh
 git clone --recurse-submodules [email protected]:rive-app/rive-ios
 ```
 
 When updating, remember to also update the submodule with the same command.
 
-```
+```sh
 git submodule update --init
 ```
 
@@ -35,16 +34,188 @@ We are in the process of getting a pod available in [cocoapods](https://cocoapod
 
 While we are working out any kinks, we are publishing our pod to a temporary github repo, which you can install by including placeholder while we finalize any kinks.
 
-```
+```ruby
 pod 'RiveRuntime', :git => '[email protected]:rive-app/test-ios.git'
 ```
 
-Once you have installed the pod, you can run `import RiveRuntime` to have access to our higher level views or build on top of our bindings to control your own animation loop.
+Once you have installed the pod, you can run
+
+```swift
+import RiveRuntime
+```
+
+to have access to our higher level views or build on top of our bindings to control your own animation loop.
 
 # Examples
 
-There is an example project next to the runtimes. 
+There is an example project next to the runtimes.
+
+The examples show simple ways of adding animated views into your app, how to add buttons & slider controls, how to use state machines & how to navigate the contents of a rive file programatically.
+
+To run the example, open the `Rive.xcworkspace` in Xcode and run the `RiveExample` project.  
+
+# Overview
+
+We have provided high level Swift controller and a UIkit view to easily add rive into your application. All of this is built ontop of an objective c layer that allows for fine grained granular animation control.
+
+## UIKit
+
+### RiveView
+
+The simplest way of adding a riveView to a controller is probably to just set it as the controllers view when it is loaded.
+
+```swift
+class SimpleAnimationViewController: UIViewController {
+    let resourceName = "truck_v7"
+
+    override public func loadView() {
+        super.loadView()
+
+        guard let riveFile = RiveFile(byteArray: getResourceBytes(resourceName: resourceName)) else {
+            fatalError("Failed to load RiveFile")
+        }
+        let view = RiveView(riveFile:riveFile)
+        self.view = view
+    }
+}
+```
+
+The RiveView will autoplay the first animation found in the riveFile, our code for loading the local resource as UInt8 data is here.
+
+```swift
+func getResourceBytes(resourceName: String, resourceExt: String=".riv") -> [UInt8] {
+    guard let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: resourceName, withExtension: resourceExt) else {
+        fatalError("Failed to locate \(resourceName) in bundle.")
+    }
+    guard let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url) else {
+        fatalError("Failed to load \(url) from bundle.")
+    }
+
+    // Import the data into a RiveFile
+    return [UInt8](data)
+}
+```
+
+The riveView can be further customized to select which animation to play, or how to fit the animation into the view space. A lot of configuration is possible on the RiveView, playback controls are added as functions on the view, and to change which file or artboard is being displayed, use `.configure`.
+
+### Layout
+
+The rive view can be further customized as part of specifying layout attributes.
+
+fit can be specified to determine how the animation should be resized to fit its container. The available choices are `.fitFill` , `.fitContain` , `.fitCover` , `.fitFitWidth` , `.fitFitHeight` , `.fitNone` , `.fitScaleDown`
+
+alignment informs how it should be aligned within the container. The available choices are `alignmentTopLeft`, `alignmentTopCenter`, `alignmentTopRight`, `alignmentCenterLeft`, `alignmentCenter`, `alignmentCenterRight`, `alignmentBottomLeft`, `alignmentBottomCenter`, `alignmentBottomRight`.
+
+This can be specified when instantiating the view
+
+```swift
+let view = RiveView(
+    riveFile:riveFile, 
+    fit: .fitFill,
+    alignment: .alignmentBottomLeft
+)
+```
+
+or anytime afterwards.
+
+```swift
+view.fit = .fitCover
+view.alignment = .alignmentCenter
+```
+
+### Playback Controls
 
-The examples show simple ways of adding animated views into your app, how to add buttons & slider controls, how to use state machines & how to navigate the contents of a rive file programatically. 
+Animations can be controlled in many ways, by default loading a RiveView with a riveFile will autoplay the first animation on the first artboard. The artboard and animation can be specified by name here.
 
-To run the example, open the `Rive.xcworkspace` in Xcode and run the `RiveExample` project.  
+```swift
+let riveView = RiveView(
+    riveFile: riveFile,
+    fit: .fitContain,
+    alignment: .alignmentCenter,
+    artboard: "Square",
+    animation: "rollaround", 
+    autoplay: true 
+)
+```
+
+furthermore animations can be controlled later too:
+
+To play an animation named rollaround.
+
+```swift
+riveView.play(animationName: "rollaround")
+```
+
+multiple animations can play at the same time, and additional animations can be added at any time
+
+```swift
+riveView.play(
+    animationNames: ["bouncing", "windshield_wipers"]
+)
+```
+
+When playing animations, the Loop Mode and direction of the animations can also be set per animation.
+
+```swift
+riveView.play(
+    animationNames: ["bouncing", "windshield_wipers"],
+    loop: .loopOneShot,
+    direction: .directionBackwards
+)
+```
+
+Similarly animations can be paused, or stopped, either all at the same time, or one by one.
+
+```swift
+riveView.stop()
+riveView.stop(animationName:"bouncing")
+riveView.stop(animationNames:["bouncing", "windshield_wipers"])
+```
+
+```swift
+riveView.pause()
+riveView.pause(animationName:"bouncing")
+riveView.pause(animationNames:["bouncing", "windshield_wipers"])
+```
+
+### Mixing
+
+Mixing goes further than just playing multiple animations at the same time, animations can use a mix factor between 0 and 1, to allow multiple animations effects to blend together. The high level views do not expose this currently. but you can wrap your own render loop around the core libraries. The advance function is where you can specify a mix factor.
+
+### Delegates & Events
+
+The rive ios runtimes allow for delegates that can be provided to the RiveView. If provided these delegates will be fired whenever a matching event is triggered.
+
+There are the following delegates `LoopDelegate`, `PlayDelegate`, `PauseDelegate`, `StopDelegate`, `StateChangeDelegate`
+
+You can crete your own delegate like this, implementing as many protocols are are needed.
+
+```swift
+class MyDelegate: PlayDelegate, LoopDelegate {
+    func loop(_ animationName: String, type: Int) {
+        // do things when the animation loops playing.
+    }
+
+    func play(_ animationName: String, isStateMachine: Bool) {
+        // do things when the animation starts playing.
+    }
+}
+```
+
+To use a delegate simply pass it to the view on instantiation
+
+```swift
+let delegate = MyDelegate()
+
+let view = RiveView(
+    riveFile:riveFile, 
+    loopDelegate: delegate,
+    playDelegate: delegate,
+)
+```
+
+or attach it later
+
+```swift
+view.loopDelegate = delegate
+```