- создать простой проект в XCode
 - установить представление для приема событий с несколькими касаниями
 - ответить в touchsBegan, создать CALayer при обнаружении события касания
 - сделать анимацию прозрачности для CALayer
 - при остановке анимации, удалите CALayer из родительского
 
Ожидайте: CALayer обычно исчезает
Фактическое: вспышка CALayer (мигает) перед исчезновением
полный исходный код:
@implementation ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    self.view.multipleTouchEnabled = YES;
}
- (void)viewDidUnload
{
    [super viewDidUnload];
    // Release any retained subviews of the main view.
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
    return (interfaceOrientation != UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown);
}
- (void) touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
    for (UITouch* touch in touches) {
        CGPoint p = [touch locationInView:self.view];
        //NSLog(@"touch=%@ p=%@", touch, NSStringFromCGPoint(p));
        CALayer *layer = [CALayer layer];
        layer.position = p;
        layer.bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, 70, 70);
        layer.cornerRadius = 30;
        layer.masksToBounds = NO;
        layer.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:102.0/255.0 green:156.0/255.0 blue:255.0/255.0 alpha:0.8].CGColor;
        layer.shouldRasterize = YES;
        CABasicAnimation *fadeOutAnimation = [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:@"opacity"];
        fadeOutAnimation.fromValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0];
        fadeOutAnimation.toValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.0];
        fadeOutAnimation.duration = 0.5;
        fadeOutAnimation.delegate = self;
        fadeOutAnimation.removedOnCompletion = NO;
        [fadeOutAnimation setValue:layer forKey:@"parentLayer"];
        [layer addAnimation:fadeOutAnimation forKey:@"opacity"];
        [self.view.layer addSublayer:layer];
    }
}
- (void)animationDidStop:(CAAnimation *)theAnimation finished:(BOOL)flag {
    if(flag) {
        CALayer *layer = [theAnimation valueForKey:@"parentLayer"];
        if(layer) {
            layer.opaque = NO;
            layer.opacity = 0.0;
            //layer.hidden = YES;
            //NSLog(@"The layer object was: %@ (%@)", layer, [layer name]);
            [layer removeFromSuperlayer];
            [layer removeAllAnimations];
        }
    }
}
@end