Fixed bug raulriera#57 which prevented the textField from animating when assigned a value programmatically

Author: raulriera

TextFieldEffects/TextFieldEffects/YoshikoTextField.swift

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ import UIKit
  /**
  The color of the placeholder text.
 
- This property applies a color to the complete placeholder string. The default value for this property is a  black color.
+ This property applies a color to the complete placeholder string. The default value for this property is a dark gray color.
  */
  @IBInspectable dynamic public var placeholderColor: UIColor = .darkGrayColor() {
  didSet {
@@ -139,10 +139,14 @@ import UIKit
 
  private func animateViews() {
  UIView.animateWithDuration(0.2, animations: {
- self.placeholderLabel.alpha = 0
+ // Prevents a "flash" in the placeholder
+ if self.text!.isEmpty {
+ self.placeholderLabel.alpha = 0
+ }
+ 
  self.placeholderLabel.frame = self.placeholderRectForBounds(self.bounds)
 
-  }) { complete in
+ }) { complete in
  self.updatePlaceholder()
  UIView.animateWithDuration(0.3, animations: {
  self.placeholderLabel.alpha = 1
@@ -155,14 +159,10 @@ import UIKit
  // MARK: - TextFieldEffects
 
  override public func animateViewsForTextEntry() {
- guard text!.isEmpty else { return }
- 
  animateViews()
  }
 
  override public func animateViewsForTextDisplay() {
- guard text!.isEmpty else { return }
- 
  animateViews()
  }