CATextLayer - how to disable implicit animations?

Question

This drives me mad. Whenever I change value of CATextLayer.foregroundColor property the change is animated no matter what I do. For example I have CATextLayer called layer which is sublayer of CALayer superlayer:

layer.removeAllAnimations()
superlayer.removeAllAnimations()
superlayer.actions = ["sublayers" : NSNull()]
CATransaction.begin()
CATransaction.setAnimationDuration(0)
CATransaction.disableActions()
CATransaction.setValue(kCFBooleanTrue, forKey:kCATransactionDisableActions)
layer.actions = ["foregroundColor" : NSNull()]
layer.actions = ["content" : NSNull()]
layer.foregroundColor = layoutTheme.textColor.CGColor
CATransaction.commit()

And it will still animates! Please help, how can I disable the implicit animations?

Answer 1

The problem is that CATransaction.disableActions() does not do what you think it does. You need to say CATransaction.setDisableActions(true).

And then you can get rid of all the other stuff you're saying, as it is pointless. This code alone is sufficient to change the color without animation:

CATransaction.setDisableActions(true)
layer.foregroundColor = UIColor.redColor().CGColor // or whatever

(You can wrap it in a begin()/commit() block if you have some other reason to do so, but there is no need just in order to switch off implicit layer property animation.)