clip-masking uiview with CAShapeLayer and UIBezierPath

Question

I have a problem clipping a view using CAShapeLayer-UIBezierPath , I want to clip the content but I end up getting a stroke (frame) with that UIBezierPath , This is my code

Answer 1

You can even improve @Eugene's response (greate work, mate!) with corner radius

  extension UIView {  
    func mask(withRect rect: CGRect, cornerRadius: CGFloat = 0, inverse: Bool = false) {
        let path = cornerRadius > 0 ?
            UIBezierPath(roundedRect: rect, cornerRadius: cornerRadius) :
            UIBezierPath(rect: rect)
        let maskLayer = CAShapeLayer()

        if inverse {
            path.append(UIBezierPath(rect: bounds))
            maskLayer.fillRule = kCAFillRuleEvenOdd
        }

        maskLayer.path = path.cgPath

        self.layer.mask = maskLayer
    }
}

Answer 2

as rob mayoff said You can do this easily by setting your view's layer mask to a CAShapeLayer.

UIBezierPath *myClippingPath = ...
CAShapeLayer *mask           = [CAShapeLayer layer];
mask.path                    = myClippingPath.CGPath;
myView.layer.mask            = mask;

In Swift

let myClippingPath = UIBezierPath( ... )
let mask           = CAShapeLayer()
mask.path          = myClippingPath.CGPath
myView.layer.mask         = mask

Answer 3

Thanks for answers guys.

In case someone can't find suitable answer on SO for this question for hours, like i just did, i've assembled a working gist in Swift 2.2 for masking/clipping UIView with CGRect/UIBezierPath:

https://gist.github.com/Flar49/7e977e81f1d2827f5fcd5c6c6a3c3d94

extension UIView {
    func mask(withRect rect: CGRect, inverse: Bool = false) {
        let path = UIBezierPath(rect: rect)
        let maskLayer = CAShapeLayer()

        if inverse {
            path.appendPath(UIBezierPath(rect: self.bounds))
            maskLayer.fillRule = kCAFillRuleEvenOdd
        }

        maskLayer.path = path.CGPath

        self.layer.mask = maskLayer
    }

    func mask(withPath path: UIBezierPath, inverse: Bool = false) {
        let path = path
        let maskLayer = CAShapeLayer()

        if inverse {
            path.appendPath(UIBezierPath(rect: self.bounds))
            maskLayer.fillRule = kCAFillRuleEvenOdd
        }

        maskLayer.path = path.CGPath

        self.layer.mask = maskLayer
    }
}

Usage:

let viewSize = targetView.bounds.size
let rect = CGRect(x: 20, y: 20, width: viewSize.width - 20*2, height: viewSize.height - 20*2)

// Cuts rectangle inside view, leaving 20pt borders around
targetView.mask(withRect: rect, inverse: true)

// Cuts 20pt borders around the view, keeping part inside rect intact
targetView.mask(withRect: rect)

Hope it will save someone some time in the future :)