Rounded Corners on UIImage

Question

I\'m trying to draw images on the iPhone using with rounded corners, a la the contact images in the Contacts app. I\'ve got code that generally work, but it occasionally cra

Answer 1

The easiest way is to embed a disabled[!] round-rect [not custom!] button in your view (can even do it all in the Interface Builder) and associate your image with it. The image-setting message is different for UIButton (compared to UIImageView), but the overall kludge works like a charm. Use setImage:forState: if you want a centered icon or setBackgroundImage:forState: if you want the whole image with corners cut (like Contacts). Of course if you want to display lots of these images in your drawRect this isn't the right approach, but more likely an embedded view is exactly what you needed anyway...