The framework that powers Facebook’s Paper content presentation app is being made publicly available to help developers create Apple iOS apps that scroll more smoothly.

The AsyncDisplayKit can be used to build a graphical interface for iPhones and iPads that scrolls and transitions between different views more smoothly than those developed using most standard interface frameworks, said Nadine Salter, a Facebook iOS engineer involved in the project.

AsyncDisplayKit would be particularly useful for building complex applications “where traditional performance optimization approaches have been unable to achieve smooth interactions, or where developers spend a lot of time and effort trying to keep performance in an acceptable range,” Salter said via email.

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