Is there a way for Interface Builder to render IBDesignable views which don't override drawRect:

Question

I very rarely override drawRect in my UIView subclasses, usually preferring to set layer.contents with pre-rendering images and often employing multiple sublaye

Answer 1

You do not have to use drawRect, instead you can create your custom interface in a xib file, load it in initWithCoder and initWithFrame and it will be live rendering in IB after adding IBDesignable. Check this short tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L97MdpaF3Xg