performSegueWithIdentifier very slow when segue is modal

Question

I have a simple table view where I handle the select action on the table view. This action follows a segue.

If the segue is a push segue, the next view

Answer 1

For me it was the that I had too many "Clear" colored views in my next view, so when the segue was animated, it seemed like it was delaying because of this. I went through the view controller's UI hierarchy looking for clear colors and replacing them with solid black or white, and making sure the alpha is 1 (if it didn't need to be otherwise). My delay is now gone and my modal presentation is smooth.