Less Blur with `Visual Effect View with Blur`?

Question

Title pretty much asks it all...

I\'m playing with the iOS8 Visual Effect View with Blur. It\'s over a UIImageView that shows a user choosa

Answer 1

Similar to @mitja13's solution, but uses UIViewPropertyAnimator, slightly more succinct:

var animator: UIViewPropertyAnimator!

viewDidLoad() {
   super.viewDidLoad()

   let blurEffectView = UIVisualEffectView()
   yourViewToBeBlurred.addSubview(blurEffectView)
   blurEffectView.fillSuperview() // This my custom method that anchors to the superview using auto layout. Write your own

   animator = UIViewPropertyAnimator(duration: 1, curve: .linear, animations: {
       blurEffectView.effect = UIBlurEffect(style: .regular)
   })

   animator.fractionComplete = 0.6 // Adjust to the level of blur you want
 
}