iOS: is it possible to attechment of MFMailComposeViewController with Animation? - iphone

Question

I am working on attach images into MFMailComposeViewController everything is fine working but i want to know that is it Possible to give animation of Attachment?
For Ex:- When we attach images from Photo Gallery in iPhone Device. and while select mail Button that all selected Images Move's in MailComposeViewcontroller with Nice ANIMATION.
So please can any-buddy guide me this stuff is possible or not.? and if YES then how can i set Animation of Attachment.

Answer 1

There exists some semi-solution. You can in fact add any UIView as subview of you main app's window. It will than sit on top of all apps content. Using this you can simulate animation of attaching image to MailComposeViewcontroller
See my example code. This code slides image view from top of the screen to mail composer so it imitates adding of image as attachment. Everything is commented.
// Get apps main window
UIWindow *window = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow];
// Setup frames of animated image view in apps window - adjust to your needs
CGRect finalImageFrame = CGRectMake(30, 220, window.frame.size.width-60, 100);
CGRect initialImageFrame = finalImageFrame;
initialImageFrame.origin.y = -initialImageFrame.size.height;
// Create image view to be animated as attachment
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"myImage"]];
imageView.frame = initialImageFrame;
imageView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
// Add animated image view to window
[window addSubview:imageView];
// Animate image view with slide in from top
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.4
animations:^{
imageView.frame = finalImageFrame;
}];
// Present mail composer
[self presentViewController:mailComposer animated:YES completion:^{
// Once the controller appears, hide the image view - adjust this animation according to you needs
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.4
animations:^{
imageView.alpha = 0;
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
[imageView removeFromSuperview];
}];
}];
Of course the code may need some adjustments and polishing, but it shows the concept. You can play with animations to make some better effect. There is a lot of animation tweaks I would add, but I wanted to keep the example code as short at it can be ;-)

Answer 2

That is iOS custom animation effects and is not exposed as iOS API's so no you cannot get this effect out of box. The reason I know that this effect is not exposed to developers is from Apple iOS 6 Docs. There is only one method which deals with animate and its the standard one.
What you can try is this. After the user has selected image(s) from his photo gallery (i.e. from ALAssetsLibrary) you can animate a "image" that looks like a MFMailComposeViewController. The animation would similar to what iOS provides i.e. background fading, MFMailComposeViewController appearing and the images sitting in the "body" section of the mail. Once the animation finishes, remove the "image" of MFMailComposeViewController and show the actual call MFMailComposeViewController invoked with animaiton:FALSE option. Hope I was clear. Essentially what you are providing is an illusion of MFMailComposeViewController and once animation is done, taking away the illusion and showing the reality.
Theoretically this could work but exact animation timing and user perceived feel has to be tested out.