UIImage as CAShapeLayer contents

Question

If I create a CAShapeLayer with just a background color it shows up, but if i set the content to an image, nothing shows.

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Answer 1

CAShapeLayer doesn't work that way. You would create a normal CALayer with the image as its content and then use the shape layer as the mask of that layer to achieve the effect you are after.