I seem to recall that one of the WWDC 2010 instructional videos - available for 
free from Apple's developer site - mentions that the block version has 
UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction off by default.

That being said, have you filed a document enhancement request?

WT

On Mar 20, 2011, at 1:59 PM, David Rowland wrote:

> That did it.
> 
> The "View Programmming Guide for iOS", discusses both methods and implies 
> that their code samples are equivalent. They don't say, or I didn't see, that 
> the option you mention is on by default for the begin/commit style and off 
> for the newer block style.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 19, 2011, at 5:08 PM, Roland King wrote:
> 
>> UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction ?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 20, 2011, at 5:42, David Rowland <rowla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> This works. It fades the label to invisibility.
>>> 
>>> label.alpha = 1.0;
>>> [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
>>> [UIView setAnimationDuration:2.5];
>>> label.alpha = 0;
>>> [UIView commitAnimations];
>>> 
>>> 
>>> and so does this,
>>> 
>>> label.alpha = 1.0;
>>> [UIView animateWithDuration:2.5 animations:^{label.alpha = 0.0;} ];
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The documentation says the latter is now preferred and does the same thing 
>>> as the former. In particular, both will
>>> start a separate thread for the animation.
>>> 
>>> My problem is that the second method seems to block the main thread. While 
>>> it is acting I cannot use any of the controls on the screen. The first 
>>> method lets me do what I wish as it proceeds.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Anyone have advice?
>>> 
>>> thanks,
>>> 
>>> David
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