Rotate (angle) a UIView, using User Defined Runtime Attributes

Question

Is it possible to rotate a UIView or UIImageView, say 10 or 15 degrees,

actually using User Defined Runtime Attributes?

Or can it only be done in code?

(Note .. I mention "angle" and "by degrees" for the sake of google; it can get mixed-up with the idea of "rotating" for device orientation change.)

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Alternately, could you perhaps subclass UIView in such a way that, a User Defined Runtime Attribute would be exposed, which does just this? (I'm rusty :/ )

Answer 1

You can use layer.transform.rotation.z key path for UIView object.
Value has to be set in radians:

Result:

All transformation key paths are presented in Apple documentation.

Answer 2

In extension to this answer How to access User Defined Runtime Attribute from the 'sender' object?, you can retrieve the runtime value as an NSNumber in degrees, and then perform the rotation. Trigger the IBAction in interface builder when you want the rotation to occur.

#define RADIANS(degrees) ((degrees * M_PI) / 180.0)

@interface RTFRotatingView : UIView
@end

@implementation RTFRotatingView

- (IBAction)performRotation:(UIControl *)sender {
    if ([sender respondsToSelector:@selector(keyName)]) {
        NSNumber *degrees = [sender valueForKey:@"keyName"];
        CGAffineTransform rotateTransform = CGAffineTransformRotate(CGAffineTransformIdentity, RADIANS(degrees.doubleValue));
        self.transform = rotateTransform;
    }
}

@end