requestAnimationFrame - Cesium Documentation

# requestAnimationFrame

#### requestAnimationFrame(callback)

  A browser-independent function to request a new animation frame. This is used to create an application's draw loop as shown in the example below.

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `callback` | requestAnimationFrame~Callback | The function to call when the next frame should be drawn.

  ##### Returns:

  An ID that can be passed to `cancelAnimationFrame` to cancel the request.

  ##### Example:

      // Create a draw loop using requestAnimationFrame. The
      // tick callback function is called for every animation frame.
      function tick() {
        scene.render();
        Cesium.requestAnimationFrame(tick);
      }
      tick();

  ##### See:

  - The WindowAnimationTiming interface
  Source: Core/requestAnimationFrame.js, line 63

### Type Definitions

#### Callback(timestamp)

  A function that will be called when the next frame should be drawn.

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `timestamp` | Number | A timestamp for the frame, in milliseconds.

  Source: Core/requestAnimationFrame.js, line 70