animations on infinite loop - iphone

Question

I have 5 different animations that animate then disappear one after another. Is there a way to put them on an infinite loop so animation #1 begins and ends, then anim #2 begins and ends etc..? the whole process then would repeat on an infinite loop.
I have the animations in separate blocks on delays. I'm guessing that there is a better way of doing this. this is what I have at the moment:
-(void) firstAnimation {
[UIView beginAnimations:#"Fade Out Image" context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDelegate:self];
[UIView setAnimationDelay:40];
[UIView setAnimationRepeatCount:30];
[UIView setAnimationRepeatAutoreverses:YES];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut];
theImage.alpha = 1;
theImage.alpha = 0.1;
[UIView commitAnimations];
[self secondAnimation];
}
-(void) secondAnimation {
tapImage2.hidden = NO;
[UIView beginAnimations:#"Fade Out Image" context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDelegate:self];
[UIView setAnimationDelay:53];
[UIView setAnimationRepeatCount:29];
[UIView setAnimationRepeatAutoreverses:YES];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut];
theImage2.alpha = 1;
theImage2.alpha = 0.1;
[UIView commitAnimations];
[self thirdAnimation];
}
this then goes on for 5 animations. thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Instead of using the delay, set the animation delegate and create an animation done method. I notice you are already setting the delegate.
[UIView setAnimationDelegate:self];
[UIView setAnimationDidStopSelector:#selector(animationFinished:finished:context:)];
- (void)animationFinished:(NSString *)animationID finished:(BOOL)finished context:(void *)context {
//Start next animation based on the animationID of the last one...
}