Cocoa draw image with rounded corners and shadow

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I am trying to draw an image using core graphics such that it has rounded corners and a drop shadow. Here is a snippet of my code:

CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, CGSizeMake(0, 1), 2, shadowColor);    
CGContextAddPath(context, path);
CGContextClip(context);
CGContextDrawImage(context, rect, image);

The problem I am having is that the clipping to create the rounded corners is also clipping the shadow. Since the image may be transparent in areas, I cannot simply draw the rounded rectangle with a shadow under the image. I guess I need to apply the rounded shape to the image first, and then draw the resulting image to the screen and add the shadow. Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks!

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Okay, so assuming that you have a UIView subclass, which has an instance variable, image, which is a UIImage, then you can do your drawRect: function like so...

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
    [super drawRect:rect];

    CGRect _bounds = [self bounds];
    CGColorRef aColor;
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    // Create a path
    CGRect insetRect = CGRectInset(_bounds, kBSImageButtonBorder, kBSImageButtonBorder);
    CGRect offsetRect = insetRect; offsetRect.origin = CGPointZero;

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(insetRect.size);
    CGContextRef imgContext = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGPathRef clippingPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:offsetRect cornerRadius:CORNER_RADIUS].CGPath; 
    CGContextAddPath(imgContext, clippingPath);
    CGContextClip(imgContext);  
    // Draw the image
    [image drawInRect:offsetRect];
    // Get the image
    UIImage *img = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    // Setup the shadow
    aColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.0f green:0.0f blue:0.0f alpha:0.5f].CGColor;
    CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, CGSizeMake(0.0f, 2.0f), 2.0f, aColor);     

    // Draw the clipped image in the context
    [img drawInRect:insetRect];

}

I'm a little new to Quartz programming myself, but that should give you your image, centered in the rectangle, minus a border, with a corner radius, and a 2.f point shadow 2.f points below it. Hope that helps.

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The bounds of an UIView is the rectangle, expressed as a location (x,y) and size (width,height) relative to its own coordinate system (0,0).

The frame of an UIView is the rectangle, expressed as a location (x,y) and size (width,height) relative to the superview it is contained within.

So, imagine a view that has a size of 100x100 (width x height) positioned at 25,25 (x,y) of its superview. The following code prints out this view's bounds and frame:

// This method is in the view controller of the superview
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    [super viewDidLoad];

    NSLog(@"bounds.origin.x: %f", label.bounds.origin.x);
    NSLog(@"bounds.origin.y: %f", label.bounds.origin.y);
    NSLog(@"bounds.size.width: %f", label.bounds.size.width);
    NSLog(@"bounds.size.height: %f", label.bounds.size.height);

    NSLog(@"frame.origin.x: %f", label.frame.origin.x);
    NSLog(@"frame.origin.y: %f", label.frame.origin.y);
    NSLog(@"frame.size.width: %f", label.frame.size.width);
    NSLog(@"frame.size.height: %f", label.frame.size.height);
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And the output of this code is:

bounds.origin.x: 0
bounds.origin.y: 0
bounds.size.width: 100
bounds.size.height: 100

frame.origin.x: 25
frame.origin.y: 25
frame.size.width: 100
frame.size.height: 100

So, we can see that in both cases, the width and the height of the view is the same regardless of whether we are looking at the bounds or frame. What is different is the x,y positioning of the view. In the case of the bounds, the x and y coordinates are at 0,0 as these coordinates are relative to the view itself. However, the frame x and y coordinates are relative to the position of the view within the parent view (which earlier we said was at 25,25).

There is also a great presentation that covers UIViews. See slides 1-20 which not only explain the difference between frames and bounds but also show visual examples.

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