Show a UILabel for * seconds; other ways than with NSTimer?

Question

Hi.

Are there any other way of displaying an object/button/whatever for for example 3 seconds than with a NSTimer?

Thank you :)

EDIT:

Could I use an animation to do this? I'll try.

Answer 1

You could try:

[UIVIew beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDelay:3];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.1]; //or lower than 0.1
button.hidden = YES;
[UIView commitAnimations];

Marco

Answer 2

You may use -performSelector:withObject:afterDelay:, though it uses a timer internally.

[theLabel performSelector:@selector(removeFromSuperview) withObject:nil afterDelay:3];

You cannot use -setHidden: with this method because 1 is not an object, but you can use NSInvocation.

NSInvocation* invoc = [NSInvocation invocationWithMethodSignature:[theLabel methodSignatureForSelector:@selector(setHidden:)]];
[invoc setTarget:theLabel];
[invoc setSelector:@selector(setHidden:)];
BOOL yes = YES;
[invoc setArgument:&yes atIndex:2];
[invoc performSelector:@selector(invoke) withObject:nil afterDelay:3];