How can I mask a UIImageView?

ios objective-c uiimage mask
Mc.Lover picture Mc.Lover · Apr 22, 2011 · Viewed 75.3k times · Source

I am trying to mask an image with something like this:

image to be masked

Would you please help me?

I am using this code:

- (void) viewDidLoad {
    UIImage *OrigImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"dogs.png"];
    UIImage *mask = [UIImage imageNamed:@"mask.png"];
    UIImage *maskedImage = [self maskImage:OrigImage withMask:mask];
    myUIIMage.image = maskedImage;
}

Answer

Bartosz Ciechanowski picture Bartosz Ciechanowski · Apr 23, 2011

There's an easier way.

#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
// remember to include Framework as well

CALayer *mask = [CALayer layer];
mask.contents = (id)[[UIImage imageNamed:@"mask.png"] CGImage];
mask.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, <img_width>, <img_height>);
yourImageView.layer.mask = mask;
yourImageView.layer.masksToBounds = YES;

For Swift 4 and plus follow code below

let mask = CALayer()
mask.contents =  [ UIImage(named: "right_challenge_bg")?.cgImage] as Any
mask.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: leftBGImage.frame.size.width, height: leftBGImage.frame.size.height)
leftBGImage.layer.mask = mask
leftBGImage.layer.masksToBounds = true

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