CABasicAnimation resets to initial value after animation completes

Question

I am rotating a CALayer and trying to stop it at its final position after animation is completed.

But after animation completes it resets to its initial position.

Answer 1

You can simply set the key of CABasicAnimation to position when you add it to the layer. By doing this, it will override implicit animation done on the position for the current pass in the run loop.

CGFloat yOffset = 30;
CGPoint endPosition = CGPointMake(someLayer.position.x,someLayer.position.y + yOffset);

someLayer.position = endPosition; // Implicit animation for position

CABasicAnimation * animation =[CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:@"position.y"]; 

animation.fromValue = @(someLayer.position.y);
animation.toValue = @(someLayer.position.y + yOffset);

[someLayer addAnimation:animation forKey:@"position"]; // The explicit animation 'animation' override implicit animation

You can have more information on 2011 Apple WWDC Video Session 421 - Core Animation Essentials (middle of the video)