How to rotate an object around a arbitrary point?

Question

I want to rotate an UILabel around an arbitrary point in a circular manner, not a straight line. This is my code.The final point is perfect but it goes through a straight li

Answer 1

I decided to post my solution as an answer. It works fine accept it doesn't have the old solutions's curve animations (UIViewAnimationCurveEaseOut), but I can sort that out.

#define DEGREES_TO_RADIANS(angle) (angle / 180.0 * M_PI)

- (void)rotateText:(UILabel *)label duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration degrees:(CGFloat)degrees {
    CGMutablePathRef path = CGPathCreateMutable();
    CGPathAddArc(path,nil, 160, 236, 100, DEGREES_TO_RADIANS(0), DEGREES_TO_RADIANS(degrees), YES);

    CAKeyframeAnimation *theAnimation;

    // animation object for the key path
    theAnimation = [CAKeyframeAnimation animationWithKeyPath:@"position"];
    theAnimation.path=path;
    CGPathRelease(path);

    // set the animation properties
    theAnimation.duration=duration;
    theAnimation.removedOnCompletion = NO; 
    theAnimation.autoreverses = NO;
    theAnimation.rotationMode = kCAAnimationRotateAutoReverse;
    theAnimation.fillMode = kCAFillModeForwards;

    [label.layer addAnimation:theAnimation forKey:@"position"]; 
}