In my app, I have a table view. When the user clicks a button, a UIView overlays part of that table view. It's essentially a partial modal. That table view is intentionally still scrollable while that modal is active. To allow the user to scroll to the bottom of the table view, I change the contentInset and scrollIndicatorInsets values to adjust for the smaller area above the modal. When the modal is taken away, I reset those inset values.

The problem is that when the user has scrolled to the bottom of the newly adjusted inset and then dismisses the modal, the table view jumps abruptly to a new scroll position because the inset is changed instantly. I would like to animate it so there is a transition, but the beginAnimation/commitAnimations methods aren't affecting it for some reason.

Any ideas as to why the values aren't getting animated? Any help is greatly appreciated!

The relevant code from the table view controller is here:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(modalOpened) name:@"ModalStartedOpening" object:nil];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(modalDismissed) name:@"ModalStartedClosing" object:nil];
    [super viewDidLoad];
}

- (void)modalOpened {
    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
    [UIView setAnimationDelegate:self];
    self.tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 201, 0);
    self.tableView.scrollIndicatorInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 201, 0);
    [UIView commitAnimations];
}

- (void)modalDismissed {
    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
    [UIView setAnimationDelegate:self];
    self.tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0);
    self.tableView.scrollIndicatorInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0);
    [UIView commitAnimations];
}