Zoom and Fade effect on UIView

gistfile1.m

// where 'syncLabel' is a UILabel
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.2 
                              delay:0.0 
                            options:0 
                         animations:^{
                             self.syncLabel.alpha = 0.2;
                             self.syncLabel.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(3.0,3.0);
                         } 
                         completion:^(BOOL finished) {
                             self.syncLabel.alpha = 1.0;
                             self.syncLabel.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(1.0,1.0);
                             self.syncLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", 0];
                         }];