Animate/move/translate/tween image in Unity 4.6 from C# code

Question

How can I move/animate/translate/tween an Image from position A to position B using C# code in Unity 4.6?

Assuming Image is a GameObject, so it could be a Button or whatever. There has to be a one-liner for this, right? I've been googling for a while but all I can see out-of-the-box is stuff done in Update, and I firmly believe doing stuff in Update is not a fast way of scripting things.

Answer 1

If you want to do the movement yourself you can use something like this:

public Vector3 targetPosition = new Vector3(100, 0, 0);
public float speed = 10.0f;
public float threshold = 0.5f;
void Update () {
    Vector3 direction = targetPosition - transform.position;
    if(direction.magnitude > threshold){
        direction.Normalize();
        transform.position = transform.position + direction * speed * Time.deltaTime;
    }else{ 
        // Without this game object jumps around target and never settles
        transform.position = targetPosition;
    }
}

Or you can download for example DOTween package and just start the tween:

public Vector3 targetPosition = new Vector3(100, 0, 0);
public float tweenTime = 10.0f;
void Start () {
    DOTween.Init(false, false, LogBehaviour.Default);
    transform.DOMove(targetPosition, tweenTime);
}