Image Iteration in iOS - ios

Question

Is there a better way to iterate the following images?
NSArray *imageNames = #[#"MyImage-0.png", #"MyImage-1.png", #"MyImage-2.png",#"MyImage-3.png",#"MyImage-4.png", #"MyImage-5.png", #"MyImage-6.png", #"MyImage-7.png"];
NSMutableArray *images = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (int i = 0; i < imageNames.count; i++) {
[images addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:[imageNames objectAtIndex:i]]];
}
mImageView.animationImages = images;
mImageView.animationDuration = 1.5;
[self.view mImageView];
[mImageView startAnimating];

Answer 1

NSInteger imagesCount = 7;
NSMutableArray *images = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (int i = 0; i <= imagesCount; i++) {
[images addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"MyImage-%d", i]]];
}
mImageView.animationImages = images;
mImageView.animationDuration = 1.5;
[self.view mImageView];
[mImageView startAnimating];

Answer 2

You can use enumeration
for(NSString *imageStr in imageNames)
{
[images addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:imageStr]];
}
This takes less time to iterate.
Hope it helps you...!

Answer 3

The better way will be not using for loop. Try this code
+(NSArray*)getSortedArray:(NSMutableArray*)arrayToSort
{
return [arrayToSort sortedArrayUsingSelector:#selector(compare:)];
}
Hope this class method will help you.

Answer 4

You might want to use some handy library, like this one. Look, it even supports GIF!
NSString *urlString = #"http://raphaelschaad.com/static/nyan.gif";
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
FLAnimatedImage *image = [FLAnimatedImage animatedImageWithGIFData:data];
FLAnimatedImageView *imageView = [[FLAnimatedImageView alloc] init];
imageView.animatedImage = image;
imageView.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 100.0, 100.0);
[self.view addSubview:imageView];