Animate text change in UILabel

I wonder if it works, and it works perfectly!

Objective-C

[UIView transitionWithView:self.label 
                  duration:0.25f 
                   options:UIViewAnimationOptionTransitionCrossDissolve 
                animations:^{

    self.label.text = rand() % 2 ? @"Nice nice!" : @"Well done!";

  } completion:nil];

Swift 3, 4, 5

UIView.transition(with: label,
              duration: 0.25,
               options: .transitionCrossDissolve,
            animations: { [weak self] in
                self?.label.text = (arc4random()() % 2 == 0) ? "One" : "Two"
         }, completion: nil)

Objective-C

To achieve a true cross-dissolve transition (old label fading out while new label fading in), you don't want fade to invisible. It would result in unwanted flicker even if text is unchanged.

Use this approach instead:

CATransition *animation = [CATransition animation];
animation.timingFunction = [CAMediaTimingFunction functionWithName:kCAMediaTimingFunctionEaseInEaseOut];
animation.type = kCATransitionFade;
animation.duration = 0.75;
[aLabel.layer addAnimation:animation forKey:@"kCATransitionFade"];

// This will fade:
aLabel.text = "New"

Also see: Animate UILabel text between two numbers?

Demonstration in iOS 10, 9, 8:

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Tested with Xcode 8.2.1 & 7.1, ObjectiveC on iOS 10 to 8.0.

► To download the full project, search for SO-3073520 in Swift Recipes.