How to Get the reverse path of a UIBezierPath

Question

self.myPath=[UIBezierPath bezierPathWithArcCenter:center 
                                           radius:200 
                                       startAngle:0 
            


        

Answer 1

You can put this into a single screen app into the view controller: It will make a yellow background view and a blue layer on top of it that has an oval region cut out by a mask.

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

    // create a yellow background
    UIView *bg = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
    bg.backgroundColor = [UIColor yellowColor];
    [self.view addSubview:bg];    

    // create the mask that will be applied to the layer on top of the 
    // yellow background
    CAShapeLayer *maskLayer = [CAShapeLayer layer];
    maskLayer.fillRule = kCAFillRuleEvenOdd;
    maskLayer.frame = self.view.frame;

    // create the paths that define the mask
    UIBezierPath *maskLayerPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPath];
    [maskLayerPath appendPath:[UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRect:CGRectInset(self.view.bounds, 20, 20)]];
    // here you can play around with paths :)
//    [maskLayerPath appendPath:[UIBezierPath bezierPathWithOvalInRect:(CGRect){{80, 80}, {140, 190}}]];
    [maskLayerPath appendPath:[UIBezierPath bezierPathWithOvalInRect:(CGRect){{100, 100}, {100, 150}}]];
    maskLayer.path = maskLayerPath.CGPath;

    // create the layer on top of the yellow background
    CALayer *imageLayer = [CALayer layer];
    imageLayer.frame = self.view.layer.bounds;
    imageLayer.backgroundColor = [[UIColor blueColor] CGColor];

    // apply the mask to the layer
    imageLayer.mask = maskLayer;
    [self.view.layer addSublayer:imageLayer];

}

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