How to draw shapes using CAShapeLayer
Swift version: 5.10
There are lots of CALayer subclasses out there, but CAShapeLayer is one of my favorites: it provides hardware-accelerated drawing of all sorts of 2D shapes, and includes extra functionality such as fill and stroke colors, line caps, patterns and more.
To get you started, this uses UIBezierPath to create a rounded rectangle, which is then colored red using CAShaperLayer. Remember, CALayer sits underneath UIKit, so you need to use CGColor rather than UIColor.
let layer = CAShapeLayer()
layer.path = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: CGRect(x: 64, y: 64, width: 160, height: 160), cornerRadius: 50).cgPath
layer.fillColor = UIColor.red.cgColor
view.layer.addSublayer(layer)
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Available from iOS 3.0
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