iOS animate/morph shape from circle to square

Question

I try to change a circle into a square and vice versa and I am almost there. However it doesn\'t animates as expected. I would like all corners of a square to be animated/mo

Answer 1

After playing with it for a little while in the playground I noticed that each arc adds two segments to the bezier path, not just one. Moreover, calling closePath adds two more. So to keep the number of segments consistent, I ended up with adding fake segments to my square path. The code is in Swift, but I think it doesn't matter.

func circlePathWithCenter(center: CGPoint, radius: CGFloat) -> UIBezierPath {
    let circlePath = UIBezierPath()
    circlePath.addArcWithCenter(center, radius: radius, startAngle: -CGFloat(M_PI), endAngle: -CGFloat(M_PI/2), clockwise: true)
    circlePath.addArcWithCenter(center, radius: radius, startAngle: -CGFloat(M_PI/2), endAngle: 0, clockwise: true)
    circlePath.addArcWithCenter(center, radius: radius, startAngle: 0, endAngle: CGFloat(M_PI/2), clockwise: true)
    circlePath.addArcWithCenter(center, radius: radius, startAngle: CGFloat(M_PI/2), endAngle: CGFloat(M_PI), clockwise: true)
    circlePath.closePath()
    return circlePath
}

func squarePathWithCenter(center: CGPoint, side: CGFloat) -> UIBezierPath {
    let squarePath = UIBezierPath()
    let startX = center.x - side / 2
    let startY = center.y - side / 2
    squarePath.moveToPoint(CGPoint(x: startX, y: startY))
    squarePath.addLineToPoint(squarePath.currentPoint)
    squarePath.addLineToPoint(CGPoint(x: startX + side, y: startY))
    squarePath.addLineToPoint(squarePath.currentPoint)
    squarePath.addLineToPoint(CGPoint(x: startX + side, y: startY + side))
    squarePath.addLineToPoint(squarePath.currentPoint)
    squarePath.addLineToPoint(CGPoint(x: startX, y: startY + side))
    squarePath.addLineToPoint(squarePath.currentPoint)
    squarePath.closePath()
    return squarePath
}