iOS 7.1 Slide To Unlock Text Animation

Question

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Answer 1

You should be able to use the mask property of CALayer to create a cutout of the contents of another layer.

Set the mask to contain your text (maybe a CATextLayer can work here). This is what Shimmer says it uses.