How to Create Top/Bottom Rounded Corners for Views and Buttons
We are launching a new series of tutorials to answer some of the common questions. The questions can be simple ones from beginners and tough ones that require some works. One of the questions is: I know how to create rounded...
A Beginner’s Guide to Bezier Paths and Shape Layers
The process of developing apps includes amongst other things the creation of the user interface (UI) and all those simple or complicated views that appear on screen. There are different ways and different approaches to draw a...
A Beginner’s Guide to CALayer
Welcome! This article will teach you about a key topic in iOS: layers. You probably already know about views in iOS, but you might not know that every single view is backed by something called layer. Layers are part of the Core...
Creating Gradient Colors Using CAGradientLayer
Every developer always uses color combinations along with images to produce a good-looking result when creating an app, trying always to achieve the best user experience possible. Sometimes, however, something more might be...
iOS Programming 101: How To Create Circular Profile Picture and Rounded Corner Image
One of the changes in iOS 7 is that it favors the use of circular image over square image. You can find circular icons or images in stock apps such as Contacts and Phone. In this short post, we’ll explore the CALayer class...