Question

Is there a way to do the following without an instant hide/unhide? Or do I have to make everything a separate view or something complicated? A simple fade in fade out like the modal transition style is all I’m looking for.

-(IBAction)someMethod
{
    UIButton.hidden = NO;
    tableView.hidden = NO;
}

-(void)viewDidLoad
{
    UIbutton.hidden = YES;
    tableView.hidden = YES;
}

Answer 1

You could animate the alpha value:

[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5f animations:^{
    button.alpha = 0.0f;
    tableView.alpha = 0.0f;
}];

and it’s counterpart

[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5f animations:^{
    button.alpha = 1.0f;
    tableView.alpha = 1.0f;
}];