Animate text change in UILabel

Question

I\'m setting a new text value to a UILabel. Currently, the new text appears just fine. However, I\'d like to add some animation when the new text appears. I\

Answer 1

This is a C# UIView extension method that's based on @SwiftArchitect's code. When auto layout is involved and controls need to move depending on the label's text, this calling code uses the Superview of the label as the transition view instead of the label itself. I added a lambda expression for the action to make it more encapsulated.

public static void FadeTransition( this UIView AView, double ADuration, Action AAction )
{
  CATransition transition = new CATransition();

  transition.Duration = ADuration;
  transition.TimingFunction = CAMediaTimingFunction.FromName( CAMediaTimingFunction.Linear );
  transition.Type = CATransition.TransitionFade;

  AView.Layer.AddAnimation( transition, transition.Type );
  AAction();
}

Calling code:

  labelSuperview.FadeTransition( 0.5d, () =>
  {
    if ( condition )
      label.Text = "Value 1";
    else
      label.Text = "Value 2";
  } );