Fade In Fade Out Animation

Question

Here is some code I struggle with for a while.

If you start the fade in animation, the label text fades in. If I start the fade out animation the the label text fades ou

Answer 1

labelAnimate = (UILabel*) [self.view viewWithTag:101];
btnTapMe = (UIButton*) [self.view viewWithTag:100];
[btnTapMe addTarget:self action:@selector(startAnimating:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

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-(void) startAnimating:(UIButton*)button {
    [labelAnimate setAlpha:0.0];
    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1.8 target:self selector:@selector(continuousEaseInOut) userInfo:button repeats:YES];
}

-(void) continuousFadeInOut {
    [UIView animateWithDuration:2.0 delay:0.0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseIn animations:^{
        [labelAnimate setAlpha:1.0];
    } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
        [UIView animateWithDuration:2.0 delay:0.0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseInOut animations:^{
            [labelAnimate setAlpha:0.0];
        } completion:nil];
    }];
}

Answer 2

I strongly suggest you use a generic implementation so you can reuse the code whenever you need the fade effect again.

You should create an UIView extension:

UIView+Animations.h

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface UIView (Animations)

- (void)fadeInWithCompletion:(void (^ __nullable)(BOOL finished))completion;
- (void)fadeOutWithCompletion:(void (^ __nullable)(BOOL finished))completion;;

@end

UIView+Animations.m

#import "UIView+Animations.h"

@implementation UIView (Animations)

- (void)fadeInWithCompletion:(void (^ __nullable)(BOOL finished))completion {
    [UIView animateWithDuration:2 animations:^{
        [self setAlpha:1];
    } completion:completion];
}

- (void)fadeOutWithCompletion:(void (^ __nullable)(BOOL finished))completion {
    [UIView animateWithDuration:2 animations:^{
        [self setAlpha:0];
    } completion:completion];
}

@end

So, you only have to import the new file to your class or inside your Prefix.pch and use it like this:

[_label fadeOutWithCompletion:^(BOOL finished) {
   [_label fadeInWithCompletion:nil];
}];

Note that you could also use nil as the completion parameter when you have nothing else to do after completion.

I also recommend you do not parameterize the duration to keep a pattern through you entire application.

This implementation can be used in the future for UIButton, UILabel, UITextField... Well, any class derived from UIView.

Answer 3

you can do something like this (check possible parameters values and similar methods here : https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/uiview_class/uiview/uiview.html

[UIView animateWithDuration:duration
                      delay:delay
                    options:option 
                 animations:^{
                     //fade in here (changing alpha of UILabel component)
                 } 
                 completion:^(BOOL finished){
                    if(finished){
                      //start a fade out here when previous animation is finished (changing alpha of UILabel component)
                 }];
}

Answer 4

Swift 5 version of iPhoneDeveloper's answer:

extension UIView {
    
    func fadeIn() {
        UIView.animate(withDuration: 1.0, delay: 0.0, options: UIView.AnimationOptions.curveEaseIn, animations: {
            self.alpha = 1.0
        }, completion: nil)
    }
    
    func fadeOut() {
        UIView.animate(withDuration: 1.0, delay: 0.0, options: UIView.AnimationOptions.curveEaseOut, animations: {
            self.alpha = 0.0
        }, completion: nil)
    }
}

Answer 5

Generic answer : You can use this method to apply animation to any UIView object . First create an extension of UIView class . Create a separate swift file and write the code like this

import Foundation
import UIKit

extension UIView {

    func fadeIn() {
        //Swift 2
        UIView.animateWithDuration(1.0, delay: 0.0, options: UIViewAnimationOptions.CurveEaseIn, animations: {
            self.alpha = 1.0
        }, completion: nil)

        //Swift 3, 4, 5
        UIView.animate(withDuration: 1.0, delay: 0.0, options: UIView.AnimationOptions.curveEaseIn, animations: {
            self.alpha = 1.0
        }, completion: nil)
    }


    func fadeOut() {
        //Swift 2
        UIView.animateWithDuration(1.0, delay: 0.0, options: UIViewAnimationOptions.CurveEaseOut, animations: {
            self.alpha = 0.0
        }, completion: nil)

        //Swift 3, 4, 5
        UIView.animate(withDuration: 1.0, delay: 0.0, options: UIView.AnimationOptions.curveEaseOut, animations: {
            self.alpha = 0.0
        }, completion: nil)
    }


}

Here self refers to any UIView you refer to . You can use buttons, labels etc to call these 2 methods .

Then in any other swift class you can call fadeIn() and fadeOut() like this :

self.yourUIObject.fadeIn()
self.yourUIObject.fadeOut()

This gives the desired effect of animation to any UIObject .

Answer 6

My task was to make a label fade out. And then fade in with changed text. The solution was:

    -(void)performAnimationOnHistoryButtonLabelUpdatingTextTo:(NSString *)text
{
    [UIView animateWithDuration:0.4f animations:^{
        [self.historyButtonLabel setAlpha:0.0f];

    } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
        self.historyButtonLabel.text = text;

        [UIView animateWithDuration:0.4f animations:^{
            [self.historyButtonLabel setAlpha:1.0f];
        } completion:nil];

    }];
}