Draw dotted (not dashed!) line, with IBDesignable in 2017

Question

It\'s easy to draw a dashed line with UIKit. So:

CGFloat dashes[] = {4, 2};
[path setLineDash:dashes count:2 phase:0];
[path stroke];
         


        

Answer 1

Using a UIView extension, compatible with Swift 3.0 the following should work:

extension UIView {

    func addDashedBorder(strokeColor: UIColor, lineWidth: CGFloat) {
        self.layoutIfNeeded()
        let strokeColor = strokeColor.cgColor

        let shapeLayer:CAShapeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
        let frameSize = self.frame.size
        let shapeRect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: frameSize.width, height: frameSize.height)

        shapeLayer.bounds = shapeRect
        shapeLayer.position = CGPoint(x: frameSize.width/2, y: frameSize.height/2)
        shapeLayer.fillColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
        shapeLayer.strokeColor = strokeColor
        shapeLayer.lineWidth = lineWidth
        shapeLayer.lineJoin = kCALineJoinRound

        shapeLayer.lineDashPattern = [5,5] // adjust to your liking
        shapeLayer.path = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: shapeRect.width, height: shapeRect.height), cornerRadius: self.layer.cornerRadius).cgPath

        self.layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)
    }

}

Then in a function that runs after viewDidLoad, like viewDidLayoutSubviews, run the addDashedBorder function on the view in question:

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    var someView: UIView!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        someView = UIView()
        someView.layer.cornerRadius = 5.0

        view.addSubview(someView)

        someView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        someView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 200).isActive = true
        someView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 200).isActive = true
        someView.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
        someView.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerYAnchor).isActive = true
    }

    override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
        someView.addDashedBorder(strokeColor: UIColor.red, lineWidth: 1.0)
    }

}