UIView Infinite 360 degree rotation animation?

Question

I'm trying to rotate a UIImageView 360 degrees, and have looked at several tutorials online. I could get none of them working, without the UIView either stopping, or jumping to a new position.

• How can I achieve this?

The latest thing I've tried is:

[UIView animateWithDuration:1.0
                      delay:0.0
                    options:0
                 animations:^{
                     imageToMove.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI);
                 } 
                 completion:^(BOOL finished){
                     NSLog(@"Done!");
                 }];

But if I use 2*pi, it doesn't move at all (since it's the same position). If I try to do just pi (180 degrees), it works, but if I call the method again, it rotates backwards.

EDIT:

[UIView animateWithDuration:1.0
                      delay:0.0
                    options:0
                 animations:^{
                     [UIView setAnimationRepeatCount:HUGE_VALF];
                     [UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState:YES];
                     imageToMove.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI);
                 } 
                 completion:^(BOOL finished){
                     NSLog(@"Done!");
                 }];

doesn't work either. It goes to 180 degrees, pauses for a split second, then resets back to 0 degrees before it starts again.

Answer 1

Nate's answer above is ideal for stop and start animation and gives a better control. I was intrigued why yours didn't work and his does. I wanted to share my findings here and a simpler version of the code that would animate a UIView continuously without stalling.

This is the code I used,

- (void)rotateImageView
{
    [UIView animateWithDuration:1 delay:0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear animations:^{
        [self.imageView setTransform:CGAffineTransformRotate(self.imageView.transform, M_PI_2)];
    }completion:^(BOOL finished){
        if (finished) {
            [self rotateImageView];
        }
    }];
}

I used 'CGAffineTransformRotate' instead of 'CGAffineTransformMakeRotation' because the former returns the result which is saved as the animation proceeds. This will prevent the jumping or resetting of the view during the animation.

Another thing is not to use 'UIViewAnimationOptionRepeat' because at the end of the animation before it starts repeating, it resets the transform making the view jump back to its original position. Instead of a repeat, you recurse so that the transform is never reset to the original value because the animation block virtually never ends.

And the last thing is, you have to transform the view in steps of 90 degrees (M_PI / 2) instead of 360 or 180 degrees (2*M_PI or M_PI). Because transformation occurs as a matrix multiplication of sine and cosine values.

t' =  [ cos(angle) sin(angle) -sin(angle) cos(angle) 0 0 ] * t

So, say if you use 180-degree transformation, the cosine of 180 yields -1 making the view transform in opposite direction each time (Note-Nate's answer will also have this issue if you change the radian value of transformation to M_PI). A 360-degree transformation is simply asking the view to remain where it was, hence you don't see any rotation at all.

Answer 2

Swift 4,

func rotateImage(image: UIImageView) {
        UIView.animate(withDuration: 1, animations: {
            image.transform = CGAffineTransform(rotationAngle: CGFloat.pi)
            image.transform = CGAffineTransform.identity
        }) { (completed) in
            self.rotateImage()
        }
    }

Ref

Answer 3

You can also do the same type of animation using UIView and blocks. Here is a class extension method which can rotate the view by any angle.

- (void)rotationWithDuration:(NSTimeInterval)duration angle:(CGFloat)angle options:(UIViewAnimationOptions)options
{
    // Repeat a quarter rotation as many times as needed to complete the full rotation
    CGFloat sign = angle > 0 ? 1 : -1;
    __block NSUInteger numberRepeats = floorf(fabsf(angle) / M_PI_2);
    CGFloat quarterDuration = duration * M_PI_2 / fabs(angle);

    CGFloat lastRotation = angle - sign * numberRepeats * M_PI_2;
    CGFloat lastDuration = duration - quarterDuration * numberRepeats;

    __block UIViewAnimationOptions startOptions = UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState;
    UIViewAnimationOptions endOptions = UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState;

    if (options & UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseIn || options == UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseInOut) {
        startOptions |= UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseIn;
    } else {
        startOptions |= UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear;
    }

    if (options & UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseOut || options == UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseInOut) {
        endOptions |= UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseOut;
    } else {
        endOptions |= UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear;
    }

    void (^lastRotationBlock)(void) = ^ {
        [UIView animateWithDuration:lastDuration 
                              delay:0 
                            options:endOptions 
                         animations:^{
                             self.transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(self.transform, lastRotation);
                         } 
                         completion:^(BOOL finished) {
                             NSLog(@"Animation completed");   
                         }
         ];
    };

    if (numberRepeats) {
        __block void (^quarterSpinningBlock)(void) = ^{ 
            [UIView animateWithDuration:quarterDuration 
                                  delay:0 
                                options:startOptions 
                             animations:^{
                                 self.transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(self.transform, M_PI_2);
                                 numberRepeats--; 
                             } 
                             completion:^(BOOL finished) {
                                 if (numberRepeats > 0) {
                                     startOptions = UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState | UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear;
                                     quarterSpinningBlock();
                                 } else {
                                     lastRotationBlock();
                                 }NSLog(@"Animation completed");   
                             }
             ];

        };

        quarterSpinningBlock();
    } else {
        lastRotationBlock();
    }
}

Answer 4

I have found nice code in this repository,

Here is the code from it i have done small changes according to my need for speed :)

UIImageView+Rotate.h

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface UIImageView (Rotate)
- (void)rotate360WithDuration:(CGFloat)duration repeatCount:(float)repeatCount;
- (void)pauseAnimations;
- (void)resumeAnimations;
- (void)stopAllAnimations;
@end

UIImageView+Rotate.m

#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
#import "UIImageView+Rotate.h"

@implementation UIImageView (Rotate)

- (void)rotate360WithDuration:(CGFloat)duration repeatCount:(float)repeatCount
{

    CABasicAnimation *fullRotation;
    fullRotation = [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:@"transform.rotation"];
    fullRotation.fromValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:0];
    //fullRotation.toValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:(2*M_PI)];
    fullRotation.toValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:-(2*M_PI)]; // added this minus sign as i want to rotate it to anticlockwise
    fullRotation.duration = duration;
    fullRotation.speed = 2.0f;              // Changed rotation speed
    if (repeatCount == 0)
        fullRotation.repeatCount = MAXFLOAT;
    else
        fullRotation.repeatCount = repeatCount;

    [self.layer addAnimation:fullRotation forKey:@"360"];
}

//Not using this methods :)

- (void)stopAllAnimations
{

    [self.layer removeAllAnimations];
};

- (void)pauseAnimations
{

    [self pauseLayer:self.layer];
}

- (void)resumeAnimations
{

    [self resumeLayer:self.layer];
}

- (void)pauseLayer:(CALayer *)layer
{

    CFTimeInterval pausedTime = [layer convertTime:CACurrentMediaTime() fromLayer:nil];
    layer.speed = 0.0;
    layer.timeOffset = pausedTime;
}

- (void)resumeLayer:(CALayer *)layer
{

    CFTimeInterval pausedTime = [layer timeOffset];
    layer.speed = 1.0;
    layer.timeOffset = 0.0;
    layer.beginTime = 0.0;
    CFTimeInterval timeSincePause = [layer convertTime:CACurrentMediaTime() fromLayer:nil] - pausedTime;
    layer.beginTime = timeSincePause;
}

@end

Answer 5

Swift 4.0

func rotateImageView()
{
    UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3, delay: 0, options: .curveLinear, animations: {() -> Void in
        self.imageView.transform = self.imageView.transform.rotated(by: .pi / 2)
    }, completion: {(_ finished: Bool) -> Void in
        if finished {
            rotateImageView()
        }
    })
}

Answer 6

for xamarin ios:

public static void RotateAnimation (this UIView view, float duration=1, float rotations=1, float repeat=int.MaxValue)
{
    var rotationAnimation = CABasicAnimation.FromKeyPath ("transform.rotation.z");
    rotationAnimation.To = new NSNumber (Math.PI * 2.0 /* full rotation*/ * 1 * 1);
    rotationAnimation.Duration = 1;
    rotationAnimation.Cumulative = true;
    rotationAnimation.RepeatCount = int.MaxValue;
    rotationAnimation.RemovedOnCompletion = false;
    view.Layer.AddAnimation (rotationAnimation, "rotationAnimation");
}