Setting A CGContext Transparent Background

Question

I am still struggling with drawing a line with CGContext. I have actually go to line to draw, but now I need the background of the Rect to be transparent so the existing ba

Answer 1

This is what worked for me with a UIImage which had been manually added using InterfaceBuilder.

- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder {

    if(self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder]) {
        self.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    }

    return self;
}


-(void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();    
    CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, [UIColor whiteColor].CGColor);
    CGContextSetLineWidth(context, 5.0);
    CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 100.0,0.0);
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,100.0, 100.0);
    CGContextStrokePath(context);
}

David Kanarek's answer only works when you're manually creating your own UIImageView. If you've created a UIView and manually added it via Interface Builder then you will need a different approach like this calling the initWithCoder method instead.