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Diamond-like UIView

I am trying to create a UIView with corners like a shape of a diamond, as shown in the picture:

diamond

I am familiar with rounding off corners:

myView.layer.cornerRadius = 10

However, I want a different shape. How could I create this effect? Thanks for your help!

Solution

  • Best way to solve a problem like this is by using CAShapeLayer. Here's the kind of thing that would work: paste it into a playground and see how it clips off the corners.

    import UIKit
import XCPlayground

extension UIView {
    func maskCorners(inset: CGFloat) {
        let path = UIBezierPath()
        path.moveToPoint(CGPoint(x: bounds.origin.x + inset,y: 0))
        path.addLineToPoint(CGPoint(x: CGRectGetMaxX(bounds) - inset,y: 0))
        path.addLineToPoint(CGPoint(x: CGRectGetMaxX(bounds), y: bounds.origin.y + inset))
        path.addLineToPoint(CGPoint(x: CGRectGetMaxX(bounds), y: CGRectGetMaxY(bounds) - inset))
        path.addLineToPoint(CGPoint(x: CGRectGetMaxX(bounds) - inset,y: CGRectGetMaxY(bounds)))
        path.addLineToPoint(CGPoint(x: bounds.origin.x + inset,y: CGRectGetMaxY(bounds)))
        path.addLineToPoint(CGPoint(x: 0,y: CGRectGetMaxY(bounds) - inset))
        path.addLineToPoint(CGPoint(x: 0,y: bounds.origin.y + inset))
        path.addLineToPoint(CGPoint(x: bounds.origin.x + inset,y: 0))

        let mask = CAShapeLayer()
        mask.frame = bounds
        mask.path = path.CGPath
        layer.mask = mask
    }
}

let diamond = UIView(frame: CGRect(x:0, y: 0, width: 100, height:100))
diamond.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
XCPlaygroundPage.currentPage.liveView = diamond
diamond.maskCorners(25)