+ /* There seems to be no easy way to stroke the font, so instead draw
+ it 5 times, 4 in black and 1 in yellow, offset by 1 pixel, and add
+ a black shadow to each. (You'd think the shadow alone would be
+ enough, but there's no way to make it dark enough to be legible.)
+ */
+ for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+ UITextView *textview;
+ int off = 1;
+ frame.origin.x = frame.origin.y = 0;
+ switch (i) {
+ case 0: frame.origin.x = -off; break;
+ case 1: frame.origin.x = off; break;
+ case 2: frame.origin.y = -off; break;
+ case 3: frame.origin.y = off; break;
+ }
+
+ for (int j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+
+ frame.origin.y = (j == 0 ? 0 : pt1);
+ textview = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
+ textview.font = (j == 0 ? font1 : font2);
+ textview.text = (j == 0 ? name : year);
+ textview.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
+ textview.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = NO;
+ textview.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = NO;
+ textview.scrollEnabled = NO;
+ textview.editable = NO;
+ textview.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
+ textview.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
+ textview.textColor = (i == 4
+ ? [UIColor yellowColor]
+ : [UIColor blackColor]);
+
+ CALayer *textLayer = (CALayer *)
+ [textview.layer.sublayers objectAtIndex:0];
+ textLayer.shadowColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
+ textLayer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, 0);
+ textLayer.shadowOpacity = 1;
+ textLayer.shadowRadius = 2;
+
+ [aboutBox addSubview:textview];
+ }
+ }
+
+ CABasicAnimation *anim =
+ [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:@"opacity"];
+ anim.duration = 0.3;
+ anim.repeatCount = 1;
+ anim.autoreverses = NO;
+ anim.fromValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.0];
+ anim.toValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0];
+ [aboutBox.layer addAnimation:anim forKey:@"animateOpacity"];
+
+ [backgroundView addSubview:aboutBox];
+
+ if (splashTimer)
+ [splashTimer invalidate];
+
+ splashTimer =
+ [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval: anim.duration + 2
+ target:self
+ selector:@selector(aboutOff)
+ userInfo:nil
+ repeats:NO];