      Stop animating.
      */
     public func stopAnimating() {
+        self.hidden = true
         self._animating = false
         self.layer.sublayers?.removeAll()
     }

        self.color = color ?? NVActivityIndicatorView.DEFAULT_COLOR
        self.padding = padding ?? NVActivityIndicatorView.DEFAULT_PADDING
        super.init(frame: frame)
    }
    
    /**
     Start animating.
     */
    public func startAnimating() {
        self._animating = true
        self.layer.speed = 1
        setUpAnimation()

     */
    required public init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
        self.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
        self.hidden = true
    }
    
    /**
