How to do a native “Pulse effect” animation on a UIButton – iOS

by 
CABasicAnimation *theAnimation;

theAnimation=[CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:@"opacity"];
theAnimation.duration=1.0;
theAnimation.repeatCount=HUGE_VALF;
theAnimation.autoreverses=YES;
theAnimation.fromValue=[NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0];
theAnimation.toValue=[NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.0];
[theLayer addAnimation:theAnimation forKey:@"animateOpacity"]; //myButton.layer instead of

Swift

let pulseAnimation = CABasicAnimation(keyPath: #keyPath(CALayer.opacity))
pulseAnimation.duration = 1
pulseAnimation.fromValue = 0
pulseAnimation.toValue = 1
pulseAnimation.timingFunction = CAMediaTimingFunction(name: CAMediaTimingFunctionName.easeInEaseOut)
pulseAnimation.autoreverses = true
pulseAnimation.repeatCount = .greatestFiniteMagnitude
view.layer.add(pulseAnimation, forKey: "animateOpacity")

See the article “Animating Layer Content”

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