Crop a CAShapeLayer retrieving the external path

Question

I am trying to crop a layer with other, but, instead of creating a mask (B) and crop the layer (A) getting a cropped layer A with the shape of B, I want to get a layer with

Answer 1

Swift 3.0 solution:

class MakeTransparentHoleOnOverlayView: UIView {

    @IBOutlet weak var transparentHoleView: UIView!

    // MARK: - Drawing

    override func draw(_ rect: CGRect) {
        super.draw(rect)

        if self.transparentHoleView != nil {
            // Ensures to use the current background color to set the filling color
            self.backgroundColor?.setFill()
            UIRectFill(rect)

            let layer = CAShapeLayer()
            let path = CGMutablePath()

            // Make hole in view's overlay
            // NOTE: Here, instead of using the transparentHoleView UIView we could use a specific CFRect location instead...
            path.addRect(transparentHoleView.frame)
            path.addRect(bounds)

            layer.path = path
            layer.fillRule = kCAFillRuleEvenOdd
            self.layer.mask = layer
        }
    }

    override func layoutSubviews () {
        super.layoutSubviews()
    }

    // MARK: - Initialization

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
    }

    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)
    }
}