Question

I’m using NSTimer (5 second duration) with selector to select randomly name from NSArray.

Here is some code

….

NSDate *endtime = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:5];

    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.2 
                                     target:self 
                                   selector:@selector(selectPlayer:) 
                                   userInfo:endtime 
                                    repeats:YES ];

…

-(void)selectPlayer:(NSTimer *)timer
{
    if ([timer.userInfo timeIntervalSinceNow] < 0) 
    {
        [timer invalidate];
    }

    NSString *playerName = [[NSString alloc]initWithFormat:@"%@", 
                            [self.playersNames objectAtIndex:random() & [self.playersNames count]-1]];


    self.playersLabel.text = playerName;
    [playerName release]; 
}

That code works pefectly. self.playersLabel is populated with random name every 0.2 seconds.

What I want is to add some fadein/fadeout animation effect while the names are changed in playersLabel.

How to achieve that ?

Answer 1

you can use this for setting the text:

    [UIView animateWithDuration:0.4 animations:^{
        self.playersLabel.alpha = 0;
    } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
        self.playersLabel.text = @"Other text";
        [UIView animateWithDuration:0.4 animations:^{
            self.playersLabel.alpha = 1;
        }];
    }];