In games for the iPhone, processing level to level can be tricky
Here is a way to leave the level - in this case a bonus level.
The playing screen - attached to a UIView called: backgroundView is faded and then removed.
This is nice because the fading looks good, its OS supported and releases managed views automatically.
// called by the animation thread when animation is finished
- (void)bonusExitFinished:(NSString *)animationID finished:(BOOL)finished context:(void *)context
{
NSLog(@"Bonus Exit Finished");
// the subviews are all released automatically when backgroundView removes itself
[backgroundView removeFromSuperview];
// use a delegate to tell the owner that this round is finished
[delegate roundFinished];
}
// call this at the end of the level: [self exitBonus];
// backgroundView is the UIView that contains all of the subviews
- (void) exitBonus
{
NSLog(@"Bonus Exit");
//pause / slowly fade the screen
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationDuration: 1.8f];
[backgroundView setAlpha: 0.0f];
[UIView setAnimationDelegate: self];
[UIView setAnimationDidStopSelector: @selector(bonusExitFinished:finished:context:)];
[UIView commitAnimations];
}
