Question

I have a UILabel called “nameLabel” and I have it inside an animation block so that this happens:

_nameLabel.alpha = 1;
CGAffineTransform translate = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(50, 50);
_nameLabel.transform = translate;

I thought that animates the UILabel to the spot I specify but it just animates from the above spot to the place where I have it in the Interface Builder. Any help here?

Answer 1

Can you post the animation block and other associated code? I am not sure what CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation does with the label, but if you want to animate the frame location, you can use this:

CGRect frame = _nameLabel.frame;
frame.origin.y = 100; //Desired height, origin.x can be modified as well. 
//You can also change the frame size here but it wont work on UILabels, you will need `CGAffineTransformScale` for that.

[UIView animateWithDuration: 1.5
                      delay:0.0
                    options:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut | UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState
                 animations:^ {

                     [_nameLabel setFrame:frame];

                 }
                 completion:^ (BOOL finished) {

                 }];

Edit: The other way:

CGRect frame = _nameLabel.frame;
frame.origin.y = 100;

[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState:YES];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];

[_nameLabel setFrame: newFrame];

[UIView commitAnimations];

Current state is probably the current location of the label, try that first but if nothing happens, remove UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState or set the frame of the label to another location before the animation, and move it to its initial (the one in the xib file) position in the animation block, its your call.