What is the impact of view.alpha = 0 vs view.hidden = YES?

Question

Transparency is evil, on iOS devices even more so than on heavier machines. I therefore figured to use view removeFromSuperView first, if not applicable v

Answer 1

One advantage of setting alpha instead of the hidden property is that the alpha property plays more nicely with animations. I had an animation to show/hide my navigation bar and when I used the alpha property the navigation bar faded away while the hidden property was more abrupt.