Dashed line border around UIView

Question

How do I add dashed line border around UIView.

Something Like this

Answer 1

In swift 4 I created an UIView extension with the following function:

func borderDash(withRadius cornerRadius: Float, borderWidth: Float, borderColor: UIColor, dashSize: Int) {
    let currentFrame = self.bounds
    let shapeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
    let path = CGMutablePath()
    let radius = CGFloat(cornerRadius)

    // Points - Eight points that define the round border. Each border is defined by two points.
    let topLeftPoint = CGPoint(x: radius, y: 0)
    let topRightPoint = CGPoint(x: currentFrame.size.width - radius, y: 0)
    let middleRightTopPoint = CGPoint(x: currentFrame.size.width, y: radius)
    let middleRightBottomPoint = CGPoint(x: currentFrame.size.width, y: currentFrame.size.height - radius)
    let bottomRightPoint = CGPoint(x: currentFrame.size.width - radius, y: currentFrame.size.height)
    let bottomLeftPoint = CGPoint(x: radius, y: currentFrame.size.height)
    let middleLeftBottomPoint = CGPoint(x: 0, y: currentFrame.size.height - radius)
    let middleLeftTopPoint = CGPoint(x: 0, y: radius)

    // Points - Four points that are the center of the corners borders.
    let cornerTopRightCenter = CGPoint(x: currentFrame.size.width - radius, y: radius)
    let cornerBottomRightCenter = CGPoint(x: currentFrame.size.width - radius, y: currentFrame.size.height - radius)
    let cornerBottomLeftCenter = CGPoint(x: radius, y: currentFrame.size.height - radius)
    let cornerTopLeftCenter = CGPoint(x: radius, y: radius)

    // Angles - The corner radius angles.
    let topRightStartAngle = CGFloat(Double.pi * 3 / 2)
    let topRightEndAngle = CGFloat(0)
    let bottomRightStartAngle = CGFloat(0)
    let bottmRightEndAngle = CGFloat(Double.pi / 2)
    let bottomLeftStartAngle = CGFloat(Double.pi / 2)
    let bottomLeftEndAngle = CGFloat(Double.pi)
    let topLeftStartAngle = CGFloat(Double.pi)
    let topLeftEndAngle = CGFloat(Double.pi * 3 / 2)

    // Drawing a border around a view.
    path.move(to: topLeftPoint)
    path.addLine(to: topRightPoint)
    path.addArc(center: cornerTopRightCenter,
                radius: radius,
                startAngle: topRightStartAngle,
                endAngle: topRightEndAngle,
                clockwise: false)
    path.addLine(to: middleRightBottomPoint)
    path.addArc(center: cornerBottomRightCenter,
                radius: radius,
                startAngle: bottomRightStartAngle,
                endAngle: bottmRightEndAngle,
                clockwise: false)
    path.addLine(to: bottomLeftPoint)
    path.addArc(center: cornerBottomLeftCenter,
                radius: radius,
                startAngle: bottomLeftStartAngle,
                endAngle: bottomLeftEndAngle,
                clockwise: false)
    path.addLine(to: middleLeftTopPoint)
    path.addArc(center: cornerTopLeftCenter,
                radius: radius,
                startAngle: topLeftStartAngle,
                endAngle: topLeftEndAngle,
                clockwise: false)

    // Path is set as the shapeLayer object's path.
    shapeLayer.path = path;
    shapeLayer.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
    shapeLayer.frame = currentFrame
    shapeLayer.masksToBounds = false
    shapeLayer.setValue(0, forKey: "isCircle")
    shapeLayer.fillColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
    shapeLayer.strokeColor = borderColor.cgColor
    shapeLayer.lineWidth = CGFloat(borderWidth)
    shapeLayer.lineDashPattern = [NSNumber(value: dashSize), NSNumber(value: dashSize)]
    shapeLayer.lineCap = kCALineCapRound

    self.layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)
    self.layer.cornerRadius = radius;
}

Answer 2

Swift 5+

import UIKit

class DashedBorderView: UIView {

    private let borderLayer = CAShapeLayer()

    init(color: UIColor, width: CGFloat = 1) {
        super.init(frame: CGRect.zero)

        let pattern: [NSNumber] = [NSNumber(value: Float(5 * width)), NSNumber(value: Float(3 * width))]

        borderLayer.backgroundColor = nil
        borderLayer.fillColor = nil
        borderLayer.lineDashPattern = pattern
        borderLayer.lineWidth = width
        borderLayer.strokeColor = color.cgColor

        layer.addSublayer(borderLayer)
    }

    required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

    override func draw(_ rect: CGRect) {
        borderLayer.frame = bounds
        borderLayer.path = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: rect, cornerRadius: layer.cornerRadius).cgPath
    }
}

How to use:

// f.e. inside UIViewController

let viewWithDashedBorder = DashedBorderView(color: .red, width: 2)
view.addSubview(viewWithDashedBorder)

Answer 3

This is if you wanted it in Swift 2

func addDashedLineBorderWithColor(color:UIColor) {
    let _ = self.sublayers?.filter({$0.name == "DashedBorder"}).map({$0.removeFromSuperlayer()})
    let  border = CAShapeLayer();
    border.name = "DashedBorder"
    border.strokeColor = color.CGColor;
    border.fillColor = nil;
    border.lineDashPattern = [4, 4];
    border.path = UIBezierPath(rect: self.bounds).CGPath
    border.frame = self.bounds;
    self.addSublayer(border);

}

Answer 4

For those of you working in Swift, this class extension on UIView makes it easy. This was based on sunshineDev's answer.

extension UIView {
  func addDashedBorder() {
    let color = UIColor.red.cgColor

    let shapeLayer:CAShapeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
    let frameSize = self.frame.size
    let shapeRect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: frameSize.width, height: frameSize.height)

    shapeLayer.bounds = shapeRect
    shapeLayer.position = CGPoint(x: frameSize.width/2, y: frameSize.height/2)
    shapeLayer.fillColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
    shapeLayer.strokeColor = color
    shapeLayer.lineWidth = 2
    shapeLayer.lineJoin = CAShapeLayerLineJoin.round
    shapeLayer.lineDashPattern = [6,3]
    shapeLayer.path = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: shapeRect, cornerRadius: 5).cgPath

    self.layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)
    }
}

To use it:

anyView.addDashedBorder()

Answer 5

For this you need add CAShapeLayer for that particular object

 CAShapeLayer * dotborder = [CAShapeLayer layer];
    dotborder.strokeColor = [UIColor redColor].CGColor;//your own color
    dotborder.fillColor = nil;
    dotborder.lineDashPattern = @[@4, @2];//your own patten 
    [codeBtn.layer addSublayer:dotborder];
    dotborder.path = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRect:codeBtn.bounds].CGPath;
    dotborder.frame = codeBtn.bounds;

Answer 6

• Swift 5

• Works with autolayout

• Works with the corner radius

import UIKit

    class DashedBorderView: UIView {

    private let dashedLineColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
    private let dashedLinePattern: [NSNumber] = [6, 3]
    private let dashedLineWidth: CGFloat = 4

    private let borderLayer = CAShapeLayer()

    init() {
        super.init(frame: CGRect.zero)

        borderLayer.strokeColor = dashedLineColor
        borderLayer.lineDashPattern = dashedLinePattern
        borderLayer.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
        borderLayer.fillColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
        borderLayer.lineWidth = dashedLineWidth
        layer.addSublayer(borderLayer)
    }

    required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

    override func draw(_ rect: CGRect) {
        borderLayer.frame = bounds
        borderLayer.path = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: rect, cornerRadius: layer.cornerRadius).cgPath
    }
}