spin animation

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- (void) runSpinAnimationOnView:(UIView*)view duration:(CGFloat)duration rotations:(CGFloat)rotations repeat:(float)repeat;
{
    CABasicAnimation* rotationAnimation;
    rotationAnimation = [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:@"transform.rotation.z"];
    rotationAnimation.toValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat: M_PI * 2.0 /* full rotation*/ * rotations * duration ];
    rotationAnimation.duration = duration;
    rotationAnimation.cumulative = YES;
    rotationAnimation.repeatCount = repeat;
    
    [view.layer addAnimation:rotationAnimation forKey:@"rotationAnimation"];
}

- (void)stopSpinAnimationOnView:(UIView*)view{
    [view.layer removeAnimationForKey:@"rotationAnimation"];
}