I\'ve searched loads of SO stuff and in Apple\'s references, but still unable to manage my problem.
UIImageView
You can try this (in Swift):
UIView.setAnimationsEnabled(false)
UIView.setAnimationsEnabled(true)
Note: you can put code between those two calls if necessary, for example:
UIView.setAnimationsEnabled(false)
aview.layer.removeAllAnimations() // remove layer based animations e.g. aview.layer.opacity
UIView.setAnimationsEnabled(true)