I'm looking for a way to add a multiline UITextView to an UIAlertView. I googled a lot, but I couldn't find a working solution.
I'm using iOS 5.
Or is that only possible with a subclass of UIAlertView?
EDIT: I need a multiple-line input.
Editing UIAlertViews is flagged as bad practice by apple. So its probably best to create your own custom UIViewController which looks like an alert view.
Make it so that instead of your function calling an alert, it loads your new View controller
This is a good example of an animation for your UIViewController to make it act like a typical IOS AlertView
-(void)initialDelayEnded {
self.view.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(CGAffineTransformIdentity, 0.001, 0.001);
self.view.alpha = 1.0;
[UIView animateWithDuration:kTransitionDuration/1.5 animations:^{
self.view.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(CGAffineTransformIdentity, 1.1, 1.1);
}completion:^(BOOL complete){
[UIView animateWithDuration:kTransitionDuration/2 animations:^{
self.view.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(CGAffineTransformIdentity, 0.9, 0.9);
}completion:^(BOOL complete){
[UIView animateWithDuration:kTransitionDuration/2 animations:^{
self.view.transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
}];
}];
}];
}
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I have a UIButton in my code that moves steadily across the screen. Currently, when the user presses the button, the alpha changes to 0 and it just disappears. What I'd like to do is run a separate animation after the button is pressed/it has disappeared. Seems easy enough but the catch is I need to run the animation at the exact point of the button when it is pressed. And I'm drawing a blank on how to make this happen. Any help will be much appreciated! I'll post some relevant code below.
-(void)movingbuttons{
movingButton2.center = CGPointMake(x, y);
displayLink = [CADisplayLink displayLinkWithTarget:self selector:#selector(moveObject)];
[displayLink addToRunLoop:[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] forMode:NSRunLoopCommonModes];
}
-(void)moveObject{
movingButton2.center = CGPointMake(movingButton2.center.x , movingButton2.center.y +1);
}
-(IBAction)button2:(id)sender {
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[movingButton2 setAlpha:0];
[UIView commitAnimations];
}
Replace your button2 action with below code and implement the someOtherMethodWithAnimation method with the animation you want :)
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:1];
movingButton2.alpha = 0;
[UIView commitAnimations];
[self performSelector:#selector(someOtherMethodWithAnimation) withObject:nil afterDelay:1.0];
Replace your animation with:
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.25
animations:^{
self.movingbutton2.alpha = 0.0;
// modify other animatable view properties here, ex:
self.someOtherView.alpha = 1.0;
}
completion:nil];
Just a nit picking point, but is the button in your view controller's .xib file correctly hooked up to your IBOutlets and IBActions?
UPDATE:
You are not limited to modifying that one button in your method. You add what ever code you want in the animation block (see the udated axample above).
UIView animatable properties, there is an animation section there.
Another approach could be (I am just using alpha as an example):
[UIView animateWithDuration:1.0
animations:^{
self.movingButton2.alpha = 0.0;
}
completion:^{
[UIView animatateWithDuration:0.25
animations:^{
self.someOtherView.alpha = 1.0;
}
completion:nil];
}];
This will more likely guarantee the animations will hapen one after another.
I was wondering if it is possible to make an alertview looks like this.
I was searching on github after a library that overrides alertviews. But didn't find anything. Is is possible to do this or should I find another method ?
Kind regards
Edit
This is how my xib looks like at the moment
best to create your own UIViewController
make the view controller the same size as the page to block other touches and make it transparent so it looks like an alert view.
Make it so that instead of your function calling an alert, it loads your new View controller
This is a good example of an animation for your UIViewController to make it act like a typical IOS AlertView
-(void)initialDelayEnded {
self.view.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(CGAffineTransformIdentity, 0.001, 0.001);
self.view.alpha = 1.0;
[UIView animateWithDuration:kTransitionDuration/1.5 animations:^{
self.view.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(CGAffineTransformIdentity, 1.1, 1.1);
}completion:^(BOOL complete){
[UIView animateWithDuration:kTransitionDuration/2 animations:^{
self.view.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(CGAffineTransformIdentity, 0.9, 0.9);
}completion:^(BOOL complete){
[UIView animateWithDuration:kTransitionDuration/2 animations:^{
self.view.transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
}];
}];
}];
}
I have a UIScrollView which contains various subviews (UIImageViews, UILabels and standard UIViews). Some of the UIImageViews are partially covered by other UIViews.
However, when I fade out the UIScrollView, the partially covered parts of the UIImageViews are being exposed for the brief moment of the animation.
I want to be able to fade the scrollview and all it's contents at the same time in the same animation - i.e. not revealing any of the partially covered images.
If it's not possible, I can always add a UIView on top of all the other controls and fade it from alpha 0 upto 1 to hide everything, but I'm sure there's a way to perform a complete fade on a view and all it's subviews.
I tried this:
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[scrollViewResults setAlpha:0.0f];
[UIView commitAnimations];
And I've tried this:
- (IBAction)questionGroupChanged:(UIButton*)sender {
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[self fadeViewHierarchy:scrollViewResults toAlpha:0.0f];
[UIView commitAnimations];
}
- (void)fadeViewHierarchy:(UIView*)parentView toAlpha:(float)alpha {
[parentView setAlpha:alpha];
for (UIView *subView in parentView.subviews) {
[self fadeViewHierarchy:subView toAlpha:alpha];
}
}
But I've still not cracked it. Any ideas?
This happens because of the way the compositor works. You need to enable rasterization on the view's layer when fading it in/out:
view.layer.shouldRasterize = YES;
You should probably only enable this for the duration of the animation because it will take up some extra memory and graphics processing time.
Mike's answer is the correct one and he deserves all credit for this. Just to illustrate, it might look like:
- (void)fadeView:(UIView*)view toAlpha:(CGFloat)alpha
{
view.layer.shouldRasterize = YES;
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.75
animations:^{
view.alpha = alpha;
}
completion:^(BOOL finished){
view.layer.shouldRasterize = NO;
}];
}
Thus, using your scrollViewResults, it would be invoked as:
[self fadeView:scrollViewResults toAlpha:0.0f];
Did you try with UIView class methods +animateWithDuration:* (available on iOS 4 and +)
Like :
- (void)fadeAllViews
{
[UIView animateWithDuration:2
animations:^{
for (UIView *view in allViewsToFade)
view.alpha = 0.0;
}
completion:^(BOOL finished){}
];
}
I have no idea, why it is not working.
All I want to do is a simple UIView animation in the viewDidLoad.
Here's my code:
[UIView animateWithDuration:3.0f animations:^{
[self.headline setCenter:CGPointMake(0.0, 200.0)];
}];
Nothing happens. When I test the general approach of calling a animation method on that particular object like this:
[UIView animateWithDuration:3.0f animations:^{
[self.headline setAlpha:0.0];
}];
it works!!! Why am I not able to move the view across the screen? I am using latest Xcode 4.5.
Thanks for any advice!
UPDATE:
When I add a view manually in code it works. But for the UIViews I create as Outlets in the Interface Builder it doesn't work.
UILabel *testLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 200.0, 100.0)];
testLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
[self.view addSubview:testLabel];
[UIView animateWithDuration:3.0 animations:^{
testLabel.center = CGPointMake(0.0, 200);
}];
So obviously I am doing something wrong in the .xib file
Dont do it in viewDidLoad. The view is not pressent at that time yet.
Try it in viewDidAppear.
Well, I think the reason for the missing animation was the fact that I called a different push navigation animation from the view controller that was pushing the actual view on screen:
- (IBAction)goForSelection:(id)sender
{
SelectionViewController *selectionViewController = [[SelectionViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"SelectionViewController" bundle:nil];
//[self.navigationController pushViewController:selectionViewController animated:YES];
[UIView transitionWithView:self.navigationController.view duration:1.0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionTransitionFlipFromRight animations:^{
[self.navigationController pushViewController:selectionViewController animated:NO];
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
[selectionViewController startIntroAnimation];
}];
}
First I checked what happens when I use the default navigation controller segue. And to my surprise the animation did start. Then I inserted the call to the [selectionViewController startIntroAnimation] to the completion block and this works as well.
In iOS, how can one briefly draw attention to an object on screen? Suppose, create a brief glow or cause a shadow to appear and then disappear?
For the purposes of this question, let's define "object on screen" as an instance of UIImageView.
Also, if possible provide an example of how to draw attention to a button.
Most people list code, but I'm sticking to describing some examples;
I've seen objects briefly grow and shrink back to their normal size to draw attention
Bejeweled (a Popcap game) lets diamonds briefly 'shine' (as if sunlight passed over it) to give you a subtle hint
I've seen certain applications use a hand or a fictive character point to a certain object briefly
And of course, you could always introduce a talking paperclip to tell you what's what.
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.1f];
yourView.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(1.1, 1.1);
[UIView commitAnimations];
Or, of course the same thing with a block animations. And after the attention got away from your view you can use :
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.1f];
yourView.transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
[UIView commitAnimations];
Here is a simple hop animation...
- (void)drawAttn
{
float jumpHeight = 20.0;
CGPoint originalPoint = objectForAttn.center;
CGPoint jumpPoint = CGPointMake(objectForAttn.center.x, objectForAttn.center.y - jumpHeight);
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.20 delay:0.0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionAutoreverse animations:^{
[objectForAttn setCenter:jumpPoint];
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
/* do other stuff after hop */
}];
}
My app QCount (free in the store, tap a "wrong" number 3 times) uses a fade animation as follows:
(note I wrote this when I was REALLY new to iOS, so there is probably a more compact way to write it)
aLabel = // a UILabel I get from somewhere
aColor = aLabel.backgroundColor;
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.2
delay: 0.0
options: UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseOut
animations:^{
aLabel.alpha = 0.0;
}
completion:^(BOOL finished){
// Wait .2 seconds and then fade in the view
[UIView animateWithDuration:.2
delay: 0.0
options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseIn
animations:^{
aLabel.alpha = 1.0;
}
completion:nil];
}];
There are lots of options: hopping, underlining, vibrating, blinking, rotating, scaling, endarkening around, and their combinations.
But IMO, shine effect on "slide to unlock" text is excellent.
You can check it out here:
iPhone "slide to unlock" animation
I wanted to draw attention to a label whose value had changed. This simple animation produces a nice 'I've changed' animation...
//copy the label
UILabel *newPageLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:_countLabel.frame];
[newPageLabel setFrame:CGRectOffset(newPageLabel.frame, 0, 0)];
newPageLabel.text = _countLabel.text;
newPageLabel.textAlignment = _countLabel.textAlignment;
newPageLabel.backgroundColor = _countLabel.backgroundColor;
newPageLabel.textColor = _countLabel.textColor;
newPageLabel.font = _countLabel.font;
//scale and fade out the copied label
[self.navigationController.toolbar addSubview:newPageLabel];
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5
delay:0.0
options:UIViewAnimationOptionLayoutSubviews
animations:^{
newPageLabel.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(2,2);
newPageLabel.alpha = 0;
}
completion:^(BOOL finished){
[newPageLabel removeFromSuperview];
}
];