Draw dotted (not dashed!) line, with IBDesignable in 2017

Question

It\'s easy to draw a dashed line with UIKit. So:

CGFloat dashes[] = {4, 2};
[path setLineDash:dashes count:2 phase:0];
[path stroke];


        

Answer 1

Hello guys this solution worked for me fine. I found somewhere and changed a bit to prevent console warnings.

extension UIImage {
    static func drawDottedImage(width: CGFloat, height: CGFloat, color: UIColor) -> UIImage {
        let path = UIBezierPath()
        path.move(to: CGPoint(x: 1.0, y: 1.0))
        path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: width, y: 1))
        path.lineWidth = 1.5           
        let dashes: [CGFloat] = [path.lineWidth, path.lineWidth * 5]
        path.setLineDash(dashes, count: 2, phase: 0)
        path.lineCapStyle = .butt
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(CGSize(width: width, height: height), false, 2)
        color.setStroke()
        path.stroke()

        let image: UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

        return image
    }
}

This is the result:

Answer 2

In swift 3.1 you can use below code:

context.setLineCap(.round)

Have three styles:

 /* Line cap styles. */

public enum CGLineCap : Int32 {

    case butt

    case round

    case square
}

Answer 3

I work a bit on rob mayoff accepted solution to easily customize the dotted line:

• change the radius of each circle.
• change the number of spaces between 2 circles.
• change the number of patterns to generate.

The function return an UIImage:

extension UIImage {

    class func dottedLine(radius radius: CGFloat, space: CGFloat, numberOfPattern: CGFloat) -> UIImage {


        let path = UIBezierPath()
        path.moveToPoint(CGPointMake(radius/2, radius/2))
        path.addLineToPoint(CGPointMake((numberOfPattern)*(space+1)*radius, radius/2))
        path.lineWidth = radius

        let dashes: [CGFloat] = [path.lineWidth * 0, path.lineWidth * (space+1)]
        path.setLineDash(dashes, count: dashes.count, phase: 0)
        path.lineCapStyle = CGLineCap.Round


        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(CGSizeMake((numberOfPattern)*(space+1)*radius, radius), false, 1)
        UIColor.whiteColor().setStroke()
        path.stroke()
        let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

        return image

    }
}

And here is how to get the image:

UIImage.dottedLine(radius: 100, space: 2, numberOfPattern: 1)

Answer 4

I have implemented following piece of code to add border with dotted style at bottom of titleLabel (UILabel) in viewDidAppear:

CAShapeLayer *shapelayer = [CAShapeLayer layer];
UIBezierPath *path = [UIBezierPath bezierPath];
[path moveToPoint:CGPointMake(0.0, titileLabel.frame.size.height-2)];
[path addLineToPoint:CGPointMake(SCREEN_WIDTH, titileLabel.frame.size.height-2)];
UIColor *fill = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.80f green:0.80f blue:0.80f alpha:1.00f];
shapelayer.strokeStart = 0.0;
shapelayer.strokeColor = fill.CGColor;
shapelayer.lineWidth = 2.0;
shapelayer.lineJoin = kCALineJoinRound;
shapelayer.lineDashPattern = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSNumber numberWithInt:2],[NSNumber numberWithInt:3 ], nil];
shapelayer.path = path.CGPath;

[titileLabel.layer addSublayer:shapelayer];

Refrence : https://gist.github.com/kaiix/4070967

Answer 5

Objective-C version of the Swift example above:

UIBezierPath * path = [[UIBezierPath alloc] init];
[path moveToPoint:CGPointMake(10.0, 10.0)];
[path addLineToPoint:CGPointMake(290.0, 10.0)];
[path setLineWidth:8.0];
CGFloat dashes[] = { path.lineWidth, path.lineWidth * 2 };
[path setLineDash:dashes count:2 phase:0];
[path setLineCapStyle:kCGLineCapRound];
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(CGSizeMake(300, 20), false, 2);
[path stroke];
UIImage * image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

Answer 6

Using a UIView extension, compatible with Swift 3.0 the following should work:

extension UIView {

    func addDashedBorder(strokeColor: UIColor, lineWidth: CGFloat) {
        self.layoutIfNeeded()
        let strokeColor = strokeColor.cgColor

        let shapeLayer:CAShapeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
        let frameSize = self.frame.size
        let shapeRect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: frameSize.width, height: frameSize.height)

        shapeLayer.bounds = shapeRect
        shapeLayer.position = CGPoint(x: frameSize.width/2, y: frameSize.height/2)
        shapeLayer.fillColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
        shapeLayer.strokeColor = strokeColor
        shapeLayer.lineWidth = lineWidth
        shapeLayer.lineJoin = kCALineJoinRound

        shapeLayer.lineDashPattern = [5,5] // adjust to your liking
        shapeLayer.path = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: shapeRect.width, height: shapeRect.height), cornerRadius: self.layer.cornerRadius).cgPath

        self.layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)
    }

}

Then in a function that runs after viewDidLoad, like viewDidLayoutSubviews, run the addDashedBorder function on the view in question:

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    var someView: UIView!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        someView = UIView()
        someView.layer.cornerRadius = 5.0

        view.addSubview(someView)

        someView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        someView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 200).isActive = true
        someView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 200).isActive = true
        someView.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
        someView.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerYAnchor).isActive = true
    }

    override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
        someView.addDashedBorder(strokeColor: UIColor.red, lineWidth: 1.0)
    }

}