UIImagePickerController editing view circle overlay

klcjr89 picture klcjr89 · Dec 27, 2013 · Viewed 10.7k times · Source

I've been able to get pretty far with what I've been wanting to accomplish, and that's to replicate iOS's built in circular photo cropper for the built in contacts app. However, I'm stuck at trying to get my CAShapeLayers made correctly. I'm trying to make a transparent 320 px diameter circle and the rest of the view filled with an 0.9 alpha black background. The circle and rectangle are in the right place, but, the circle is not completely transparent like I need it to be.

I'm lost as to how to fix this. I appreciate your help! Code and screenshot:

- (void)navigationController:(UINavigationController *)navigationController didShowViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated
{
    if ([navigationController.viewControllers count] == 3)
    {
        CGRect screenRect = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
        CGFloat screenHeight = screenRect.size.height;

        UIView *plCropOverlay = [[[viewController.view.subviews objectAtIndex:1]subviews] objectAtIndex:0];

        plCropOverlay.hidden = YES;

        CAShapeLayer *circleLayer = [CAShapeLayer layer];

        if (screenHeight == 568)
        {
            [circleLayer setPosition:CGPointMake(0.0f,124.0f)];
        }    
        else
        {
            [circleLayer setPosition:CGPointMake(0.0f,80.0f)];
        }

        UIBezierPath *path = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithOvalInRect:
                          CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 320.0f, 320.0f)];

        [circleLayer setPath:[path CGPath]];

        [circleLayer setFillColor:[[UIColor whiteColor] CGColor]];
        circleLayer.opacity = 0.7f;

        // Set to 0.7f to show for screenshot purposes; setting to 0.0 would make it invisible and blend in with the below rectangleLayer.

        CAShapeLayer *rectangleLayer = [CAShapeLayer layer];

        UIBezierPath *path2 = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRect:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 320.0f, screenHeight - 72)];
        [rectangleLayer setPath:[path2 CGPath]];

        [rectangleLayer setFillColor:[[UIColor blackColor] CGColor]];
        [rectangleLayer setOpacity:0.9f];
        [rectangleLayer addSublayer:circleLayer];
        [[viewController.view layer] addSublayer:rectangleLayer];

        UILabel *moveLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 10, 320, 50)];
        [moveLabel setText:@"Move and Scale"];
        [moveLabel setTextAlignment:NSTextAlignmentCenter];
        [moveLabel setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];

        [viewController.view addSubview:moveLabel];
    }
}

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Answer

klcjr89 picture klcjr89 · Dec 27, 2013

Resolved code:

- (void)navigationController:(UINavigationController *)navigationController didShowViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated
{
    if ([navigationController.viewControllers count] == 3)
    {
        CGFloat screenHeight = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height;

        UIView *plCropOverlay = [[[viewController.view.subviews objectAtIndex:1]subviews] objectAtIndex:0];

        plCropOverlay.hidden = YES;

        int position = 0;

        if (screenHeight == 568)
        {
            position = 124;
        }
        else
        {
            position = 80;
        }

        CAShapeLayer *circleLayer = [CAShapeLayer layer];

        UIBezierPath *path2 = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithOvalInRect:
                           CGRectMake(0.0f, position, 320.0f, 320.0f)];
        [path2 setUsesEvenOddFillRule:YES];

        [circleLayer setPath:[path2 CGPath]];

        [circleLayer setFillColor:[[UIColor clearColor] CGColor]];
        UIBezierPath *path = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, screenHeight-72) cornerRadius:0];

        [path appendPath:path2];
        [path setUsesEvenOddFillRule:YES];

        CAShapeLayer *fillLayer = [CAShapeLayer layer];
        fillLayer.path = path.CGPath;
        fillLayer.fillRule = kCAFillRuleEvenOdd;
        fillLayer.fillColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
        fillLayer.opacity = 0.8;
        [viewController.view.layer addSublayer:fillLayer];

        UILabel *moveLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 10, 320, 50)];
        [moveLabel setText:@"Move and Scale"];
        [moveLabel setTextAlignment:NSTextAlignmentCenter];
        [moveLabel setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];

        [viewController.view addSubview:moveLabel];
    }
}