iOS Label Animation (pre-IOS 6)

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@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *LabelNotifications;

@synthesize LabelNotifications = _labelNotifications;

//viewDidLoad method
[_labelNotifications setAlpha:0.0];

_labelNotifications.text = @"I am a label. I am going to fade in and out for the user!";
[UIView animateWithDuration:2.0
                      delay:0.0
                    options:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut
                 animations:^ {
                     _labelNotifications.alpha = 1.0;
                     NSLog(@"Animating notification label in");
                 }
                 completion:^(BOOL finished) {
                     if(finished)
                     {
                         [UIView animateWithDuration:3.0
                                               delay:2.0
                                             options:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut
                                          animations:^(void)
                          {
                              _labelNotifications.alpha = 0.0;
                              NSLog(@"Animating notification label out");
                          }
                                          completion:^(BOOL finished)
                          {
                          }];
                     }
                 }];