UIView animation curve not working easeinout - ios

Question

I am stumped by a very simple task, I want a UIView animation to do ease in / ease out but it is always linear despite using the correct animationOption.
Here is the code which by all accounts should work, it's set in a UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning class but I have the same issue in a previous custom segue class;
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.4f delay:0.0f options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseInOut animations:^(void) {
self.dimView.alpha = 1.0;
self.imageView.frame = self.destinationRect;
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
[self.imageView removeFromSuperview];
[self.dimView removeFromSuperview];
[transitionContext completeTransition:YES];
}];
However, a spring animation with the following code works although I'd rather not do this.
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.8f delay:0 usingSpringWithDamping:0.7f initialSpringVelocity:2.0f options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseInOut animations:^(void) {
self.dimView.alpha = 1.0;
self.imageView.frame = self.destinationRect;
} completion:^(BOOL finished){
[self.imageView removeFromSuperview];
[self.dimView removeFromSuperview];
[transitionContext completeTransition:YES];
}];
I'm getting the same behaviour on the simulator and on an iPad2 test device.
Am I doing something wrong?
Are there issues with animating either frame or alpha values?

Answer 1

You could try this instead.-
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState:YES];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.4f];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut];
[UIView setAnimationDelegate:self];
[UIView setAnimationDidStopSelector:#selector(animationDidStop)];
self.dimView.alpha = 1.0;
self.imageView.frame = self.destinationRect;
[UIView commitAnimations];
- (void) animationDidStop {
[self.imageView removeFromSuperview];
[self.dimView removeFromSuperview];
[transitionContext completeTransition:YES];
}
Hope it helps.

Answer 2

You can use the following :
[self transition:left]; //Call as required
enum animationFrom {
top,
bottom,
left,
right
};
- (void)transition:(NSUInteger)index {
CATransition *tr=[CATransition animation];
tr.duration=0.45;
tr.timingFunction=[CAMediaTimingFunction functionWithName:kCAMediaTimingFunctionEaseInEaseOut];
tr.type=kCATransitionPush;
tr.delegate=self;
switch (index) {
case top:
tr.subtype=kCATransitionFromBottom;
break;
case bottom:
tr.subtype=kCATransitionFromTop;
break;
case left:
tr.subtype=kCATransitionFromRight;
break;
case right:
tr.subtype=kCATransitionFromLeft;
break;
default:
break;
}
[self.view.layer addAnimation:tr forKey:nil];
}

Answer 3

The default animation curve option is UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseInOut, so you don't need to specify this one. It is UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear that you have to be explicit about.
Are you sure your animation curve is linear? Try animating two views side be side, with animation duration set to a few seconds.