Masking a CALayer with another CALayer

Question

I\'m trying to make a donut shape with CALayers. One CALayer will be a large circle, the other one will be a smaller circle positioned in its center, masking it.

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Answer 1

This is pretty easy using UIBezierPath and a CAShapeLayer as a masking layer. Code sample written as though it's in a UIView subclass.

Objective-C:

CGRect outerRect = self.bounds;
CGFloat inset = 0.2 * outerRect.size.width; // adjust as necessary for more or less meaty donuts
CGFloat innerDiameter = outerRect.size.width - 2.0 * inset;
CGRect innerRect = CGRectMake(inset, inset, innerDiameter, innerDiameter);
UIBezierPath *outerCircle = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:outerRect cornerRadius:outerRect.size.width * 0.5];
UIBezierPath *innerCircle = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:innerRect cornerRadius:innerRect.size.width * 0.5];
[outerCircle appendPath:innerCircle];
CAShapeLayer *maskLayer = [CAShapeLayer new];
maskLayer.fillRule = kCAFillRuleEvenOdd; // Going from the outside of the layer, each time a path is crossed, add one. Each time the count is odd, we are "inside" the path.
maskLayer.path = outerCircle.CGPath;
self.layer.mask = maskLayer;

Swift:

let outerRect = self.bounds
let inset: CGFloat = 0.2 * outerRect.width // adjust as necessary for more or less meaty donuts
let innerDiameter = outerRect.width - 2.0 * inset
let innerRect = CGRect(x: inset, y: inset, width: innerDiameter, height: innerDiameter)
let outerCircle = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: outerRect, cornerRadius: outerRect.width * 0.5)
let innerCircle = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: innerRect, cornerRadius: innerRect.width * 0.5)
outerCircle.appendPath(innerCircle)
let mask = CAShapeLayer()
mask.fillRule = kCAFillRuleEvenOdd
mask.path = outerCircle.CGPath
self.layer.mask = mask