How do I make a semi-transparent view layer above a current view?

Question

You\'ve likely seen this before, its become exceedingly popular in consumery chic apps like ScoutMob. I\'m trying to implement a 60% transparent view on launch that will cover m

Answer 1

This can be easily accomplished with a UITextView and a UIButton. Simply place the UITextView on the screen with the content you want to display, making it the full frame size of the screen, and change the background color to a black background with background alpha of .6

[UIColor colorWithRed: 0 withGreen: 0 withBlue: 0 withAlpha: .6];

Then place the button as a subview on top, making it the full frame of the screen, and setting it's alpha to 0. Set the action of the button to hide the textview and button.

Example:

UITextView* textview = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.frame];
[textview setText: @"Text here"];
[textview setBackgroundColor: [UIColor colorWithRed: 0 withGreen: 0 withBlue: 0 withAlpha: .6]];
[textview setTextColor: [UIColor whiteColor]];
[self.view addSubview: textview];

UIButton* btn = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.frame];
[btn setAlpha:0];
[btn addTarget:self action:@selector(method) forEvent:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview: btn];

You may want to check the addTarget: method; I'm not sure those are the correct parameters off the top of my head.