Question

Is there a way for me to animate my view controller rotating to fade out then fade in on the view rotation instead of the spinning motion?

have already tried dimming out then dimming in when rotation is detected, but as its dimming out you can see it starting to rotate

so probably need a way to disable the existing spin motion?

Answer 1

Try setting your dimmin animation in UIViewController method willRotateToInterfaceOrientation or willAnimateRotationToInterfaceOrientation or willAnimateFirstHalfOfRotationToInterfaceOrientation