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 out.

When I start the startFade method, only fade out is shown. How can I wait for the fadeIn method to finish visually before starting the fadeOut method.

-(IBAction)startFade:(id)sender{
    [self fadeIn];
    [self fadeOut];
}

-(IBAction)fadeIn:(id)sender{
    [self fadeIn];
}

-(IBAction)fadeOut:(id)sender{
[self fadeOut];
}

-(void) fadeIn{
    [_label setAlpha:0];
    [UILabel beginAnimations:NULL context:nil];
    [UILabel setAnimationDuration:2.0];
    [_label setAlpha:1];
    [UILabel commitAnimations];
}

-(void) fadeOut{
    [UILabel beginAnimations:NULL context:nil];
    [UILabel setAnimationDuration:2.0];
    [_label setAlpha:0];
    [UILabel commitAnimations];
}

Answer 1

When you call the fadeIn and fadeOut methods back to back like you're doing, the code is run instantaneously, so you'll only see animation from the last method called. UIView block based animation provides a completion handler, which seems to be exactly what you're looking for. So your code might looks something like this:

-(IBAction)startFade:(id)sender {

    [_label setAlpha:0.0f];        

    //fade in
    [UIView animateWithDuration:2.0f animations:^{

        [_label setAlpha:1.0f];

    } completion:^(BOOL finished) {

        //fade out
        [UIView animateWithDuration:2.0f animations:^{

            [_label setAlpha:0.0f];

        } completion:nil];

    }];
}

Swift:

@IBAction func startFade(_ sender: AnyObject) {

    label.alpha = 0.0

    // fade in
    UIView.animate(withDuration: 2.0, animations: { 
        label.alpha = 1.0
    }) { (finished) in
        // fade out
        UIView.animate(withDuration: 2.0, animations: {
            label.alpha = 0.0
        })
    }
}

Answer 2

Based on @holex's answer, but simplified a bit (as commented):

- (IBAction)startFade:(id)sender {
   [_label setAlpha:0.f];

   [UIView animateWithDuration:2.f 
                         delay:0.f 
                       options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseIn
                             | UIViewAnimationOptionAutoreverse 
                    animations:^{
                                  [_label setAlpha:1.f];
                                } 
                    completion:nil];
}

Answer 3

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

//////////////

-(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 4

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 5

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];

    }];
}

Answer 6

that does the job for you (the _label is your label);

- (IBAction)startFade:(id)sender {
    [_label setAlpha:0.f];

    [UIView animateWithDuration:2.f delay:0.f options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseIn animations:^{
        [_label setAlpha:1.f];
    } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
        [UIView animateWithDuration:2.f delay:0.f options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseInOut animations:^{
            [_label setAlpha:0.f];
        } completion:nil];
    }];
}