Explicitly disabling UIView animation in iOS4+

Question

I have been reading that Apple recommends to use block-based animations instead of CATransaction

Before, I was using this code to disable animations:

[CATransaction begin];
[CATransaction setDisableActions: YES];
// !!! resize
[CATransaction commit];

Is there a new recommended method to do this, or is this still okay?

Answer 1

[UIView setAnimationsEnabled:NO];
//animate here
[UIView setAnimationsEnabled:YES];

Answer 2

For iOS 7 and above this can now be accomplished with:

[UIView performWithoutAnimation:^{
    // Changes we don't want animated here
    view.alpha = 0.0;
}];