How to fade a UIVisualEffectView and/or UIBlurEffect in and out?

Question

I want to fade a UIVisualEffectsView with a UIBlurEffect in and out:

var blurEffectView = UIVisualEffectView()
blurEffectView = UIVisualEffectView(effect: UI         


        

Answer 1

You can change the alpha of the visual effects view without any problems, other than the warning in the console. The view may appear as simply partially transparent, rather than blurred. But this usually isn't a problem if you're just changing the alpha during animation.

Your app isn't going to crash or get rejected for this. Test it on a real device (or eight). If you're happy with how it looks and performs, it's fine. Apple's just warning you that it may not look or perform as well as a visual effects view with an alpha value of 1.