How do I create a UIView with a transparent circle inside (in swift)?

Question

I want to create a view that looks like this:

I figure what I need is a uiview with some sort of

Answer 1

For Swift 3, here is rakeshbs' answer formatted so it returns the UIView needed:

func createOverlay(frame : CGRect, xOffset: CGFloat, yOffset: CGFloat, radius: CGFloat) -> UIView
{
    let overlayView = UIView(frame: frame)
    overlayView.alpha = 0.6
    overlayView.backgroundColor = UIColor.black

    // Create a path with the rectangle in it.
    let path = CGMutablePath()
    path.addArc(center: CGPoint(x: xOffset, y: yOffset), radius: radius, startAngle: 0.0, endAngle: 2 * 3.14, clockwise: false)
    path.addRect(CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: overlayView.frame.width, height: overlayView.frame.height))

    let maskLayer = CAShapeLayer()
    maskLayer.backgroundColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
    maskLayer.path = path;
    maskLayer.fillRule = kCAFillRuleEvenOdd

    // Release the path since it's not covered by ARC.
    overlayView.layer.mask = maskLayer
    overlayView.clipsToBounds = true

    return overlayView
}