How to draw a rounded rectangle in Core Graphics /

Question

I need to draw an outline for a rounded rectangle. I know I can make lines and arcs, but maybe there is also a function for rounded rects?

Answer 1

If you want To have rounded corners on any UIView (or subclass) the easy way is to set the cornerRadius property on the view's layer. See Preview rounded image in iphone

Answer 2

Swift 4.2

    let lineWidth = 5.0
    let path = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: rect.insetBy(dx: lineWidth/2, dy: lineWidth/2), cornerRadius: 10。0)
    path.lineWidth = lineWidth
    UIColor.green.setStroke()
    path.stroke()

Answer 3

Here is a function I wrote that rounds the input rect using a corner radius.

CGMutablePathRef createRoundedCornerPath(CGRect rect, CGFloat cornerRadius) {

    // create a mutable path
    CGMutablePathRef path = CGPathCreateMutable();

    // get the 4 corners of the rect
    CGPoint topLeft = CGPointMake(rect.origin.x, rect.origin.y);
    CGPoint topRight = CGPointMake(rect.origin.x + rect.size.width, rect.origin.y);
    CGPoint bottomRight = CGPointMake(rect.origin.x + rect.size.width, rect.origin.y + rect.size.height);
    CGPoint bottomLeft = CGPointMake(rect.origin.x, rect.origin.y + rect.size.height);

    // move to top left
    CGPathMoveToPoint(path, NULL, topLeft.x + cornerRadius, topLeft.y);

    // add top line
    CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, topRight.x - cornerRadius, topRight.y);

    // add top right curve
    CGPathAddQuadCurveToPoint(path, NULL, topRight.x, topRight.y, topRight.x, topRight.y + cornerRadius);

    // add right line
    CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, bottomRight.x, bottomRight.y - cornerRadius);

    // add bottom right curve
    CGPathAddQuadCurveToPoint(path, NULL, bottomRight.x, bottomRight.y, bottomRight.x - cornerRadius, bottomRight.y);

    // add bottom line
    CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, bottomLeft.x + cornerRadius, bottomLeft.y);

    // add bottom left curve
    CGPathAddQuadCurveToPoint(path, NULL, bottomLeft.x, bottomLeft.y, bottomLeft.x, bottomLeft.y - cornerRadius);

    // add left line
    CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, topLeft.x, topLeft.y + cornerRadius);

    // add top left curve
    CGPathAddQuadCurveToPoint(path, NULL, topLeft.x, topLeft.y, topLeft.x + cornerRadius, topLeft.y);

    // return the path
    return path;
}

How to use the function, assuming you subclass UIView and override drawRect:

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {

    // constants
    const CGFloat outlineStrokeWidth = 20.0f;
    const CGFloat outlineCornerRadius = 15.0f;

    const CGColorRef whiteColor = [[UIColor whiteColor] CGColor];
    const CGColorRef redColor = [[UIColor redColor] CGColor];

    // get the context
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    // set the background color to white
    CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, whiteColor);
    CGContextFillRect(context, rect);

    // inset the rect because half of the stroke applied to this path will be on the outside
    CGRect insetRect = CGRectInset(rect, outlineStrokeWidth/2.0f, outlineStrokeWidth/2.0f);

    // get our rounded rect as a path
    CGMutablePathRef path = createRoundedCornerPath(insetRect, outlineCornerRadius);

    // add the path to the context
    CGContextAddPath(context, path);

    // set the stroke params
    CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, redColor);
    CGContextSetLineWidth(context, outlineStrokeWidth);

    // draw the path
    CGContextDrawPath(context, kCGPathStroke);

    // release the path
    CGPathRelease(path);
}

Example output:

Answer 4

CGPathCreateWithRoundedRect() will do what you want.

CGPathRef CGPathCreateWithRoundedRect(
   CGRect rect,
   CGFloat cornerWidth,
   CGFloat cornerHeight,
   const CGAffineTransform *transform
);

Available starting in iOS 7.0

Answer 5

Maybe... three? years late, but these days I'm using this without issues.

@import CoreGraphics;

@interface YourViewController ()
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIButton *theButton;
@end

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.theButton.layer.cornerRadius  = 5.0f;
    self.theButton.layer.masksToBounds = YES;

    // Another useful ones
    // Scaling the view (width, height)
    self.theButton.transform = CGAfflineTransformMakeScale(1.50f, 1.50f);

    // Setting an alpha value (transparency) - nice with Activity Indicator subviews
    self.theButton.alpha     = 0.8f;
}

Answer 6

Swift:

    let rect: CGRect = ...

    let path = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: rect, cornerRadius: 5.0)
    CGContextAddPath(context, path.CGPath)
    CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, UIColor.clearColor().CGColor)
    CGContextDrawPath(context, CGPathDrawingMode.FillStroke)