How to draw a rounded rectangle in Core Graphics / Quartz 2D?

Question

I need to draw an outline for a rounded rectangle. I know I can make lines and arcs, but maybe there is also a function for rounded rects?

Answer 1

Here is a function I wrote that rounds the input rect using a corner radius.

CGMutablePathRef createRoundedCornerPath(CGRect rect, CGFloat cornerRadius) {

    // create a mutable path
    CGMutablePathRef path = CGPathCreateMutable();

    // get the 4 corners of the rect
    CGPoint topLeft = CGPointMake(rect.origin.x, rect.origin.y);
    CGPoint topRight = CGPointMake(rect.origin.x + rect.size.width, rect.origin.y);
    CGPoint bottomRight = CGPointMake(rect.origin.x + rect.size.width, rect.origin.y + rect.size.height);
    CGPoint bottomLeft = CGPointMake(rect.origin.x, rect.origin.y + rect.size.height);

    // move to top left
    CGPathMoveToPoint(path, NULL, topLeft.x + cornerRadius, topLeft.y);

    // add top line
    CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, topRight.x - cornerRadius, topRight.y);

    // add top right curve
    CGPathAddQuadCurveToPoint(path, NULL, topRight.x, topRight.y, topRight.x, topRight.y + cornerRadius);

    // add right line
    CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, bottomRight.x, bottomRight.y - cornerRadius);

    // add bottom right curve
    CGPathAddQuadCurveToPoint(path, NULL, bottomRight.x, bottomRight.y, bottomRight.x - cornerRadius, bottomRight.y);

    // add bottom line
    CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, bottomLeft.x + cornerRadius, bottomLeft.y);

    // add bottom left curve
    CGPathAddQuadCurveToPoint(path, NULL, bottomLeft.x, bottomLeft.y, bottomLeft.x, bottomLeft.y - cornerRadius);

    // add left line
    CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, topLeft.x, topLeft.y + cornerRadius);

    // add top left curve
    CGPathAddQuadCurveToPoint(path, NULL, topLeft.x, topLeft.y, topLeft.x + cornerRadius, topLeft.y);

    // return the path
    return path;
}

How to use the function, assuming you subclass UIView and override drawRect:

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {

    // constants
    const CGFloat outlineStrokeWidth = 20.0f;
    const CGFloat outlineCornerRadius = 15.0f;

    const CGColorRef whiteColor = [[UIColor whiteColor] CGColor];
    const CGColorRef redColor = [[UIColor redColor] CGColor];

    // get the context
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    // set the background color to white
    CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, whiteColor);
    CGContextFillRect(context, rect);

    // inset the rect because half of the stroke applied to this path will be on the outside
    CGRect insetRect = CGRectInset(rect, outlineStrokeWidth/2.0f, outlineStrokeWidth/2.0f);

    // get our rounded rect as a path
    CGMutablePathRef path = createRoundedCornerPath(insetRect, outlineCornerRadius);

    // add the path to the context
    CGContextAddPath(context, path);

    // set the stroke params
    CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, redColor);
    CGContextSetLineWidth(context, outlineStrokeWidth);

    // draw the path
    CGContextDrawPath(context, kCGPathStroke);

    // release the path
    CGPathRelease(path);
}

Example output: