Set background color for only part of UIView

Question

I want the bottom (not quite half) of my UIView to be a different color than the top.

I\'m wondering if I should create a CGRect and then color that? Is this along the r

Answer 1

Override the drawRect method of your UIView Subclass. The following code will make the top half of your view black and the bottom half of your view red.

// Only override drawRect: if you perform custom drawing.
// An empty implementation adversely affects performance during animation.
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
    // Top View
    CGRect topRect = {CGRectGetMinX(self.bounds), CGRectGetMinY(self.bounds), CGRectGetMaxX(self.bounds), CGRectGetMaxY(self.bounds)};
    [[UIColor blackColor] setFill];
    UIRectFill(topRect);

    // Bottom View
    CGRect bottomRect = {CGRectGetMinX(self.bounds), CGRectGetMidY(self.bounds), CGRectGetMaxX(self.bounds), CGRectGetMidY(self.bounds)};
    [[UIColor redColor] setFill];
    UIRectFill(bottomRect);
}

NOTE: Also you can only override the drawRect: method when you subclass a UIView. Based on your comment view I have a feeling this is not what you are doing.