Appcelerator Titanium iOS animation issue workaround

ZEAnimator.js

var version = '2.3';

exports.animate = function (item, paramName, paramCurrentValue, paramTargetValue, duration, timeout) {
    Ti.API.debug("ZEAnimator[" + version + "]#animate: " + item.apiName + "[" + item.id + "]." + paramName + '(' + item[paramName] + '): ' + paramCurrentValue + ' --> ' + paramTargetValue + " (d:" + duration + ', t:' + timeout + ')');
    if (
        (item[paramName] === paramTargetValue)
        || (
               !isNaN(parseInt(item[paramName]))
            && !isNaN(parseInt(paramTargetValue))
            && parseInt(item[paramName]) === parseInt(paramTargetValue)
        )
    ) {
        Ti.API.debug("Animation no needed, because current and target params are equal.");
        item[paramName] = paramTargetValue;
        return;
    }
    setTimeout(
        function() {
            item[paramName] = paramCurrentValue || item[paramName] || 0;
            var animationParams = {
                duration: duration
            };
            animationParams[paramName] = paramTargetValue;

            item.animate(animationParams, function() {
                item[paramName] = paramTargetValue; // stupid but it works
            });
        },
        timeout
    );
}

exports.animateHeight = function (item, duration, heightFrom, heightTo) {
    exports.animate(item, 'height', heightFrom, heightTo, duration, 10)
}

exports.animateTop = function (item, duration, topFrom, toptTo) {
    exports.animate(item, 'top', topFrom, toptTo, duration, 10)
}

exports.animateHide = function (item, duration) {
    var paramName = 'opacity';
    var defaultCurrentParamValue = 1;
    exports.animate(item, paramName, (item[paramName] || defaultCurrentParamValue), 0, duration, 10)
}

exports.animateShow = function (item, duration, targetOpacity) {
    var paramName = 'opacity';
    var defaultCurrentParamValue = 1;
    exports.animate(
        item,
        paramName,
        (item[paramName] || defaultCurrentParamValue),
        (targetOpacity || 1),
        duration,
        10
    );
}