Triangular UIView or UIImageView

Question

I have requirement like below image.

But, i'm confused about how to achieve this? Can i achieved it by using 3 UIImageViews or UIViews. If both then, which one is better? Finally, i have to combine three images & make one from that three images. I should be able to get touch of image too. I have no idea about this. Thanks.

Solution 1

Every UIView has a backing CALayer (accessible by aview.layer).

Every CALayer has a mask property, which is another CALayer. A mask allows to define a see-through shape for the layer, like a stencil.

So you need three UIImageViews, each of them has a different .layer.mask, each of these masks is a different CAShapeLayer whose .path are triangular CGPaths.

// Build a triangular path
UIBezierPath *path = [UIBezierPath new];
[path moveToPoint:(CGPoint){0, 0}];
[path addLineToPoint:(CGPoint){40, 40}];
[path addLineToPoint:(CGPoint){100, 0}];
[path addLineToPoint:(CGPoint){0, 0}];

// Create a CAShapeLayer with this triangular path
// Same size as the original imageView
CAShapeLayer *mask = [CAShapeLayer new];
mask.frame = imageView.bounds;
mask.path = path.CGPath;

// Mask the imageView's layer with this shape
imageView.layer.mask = mask;

Repeat three times.

Solution 2

You can use UIBezierPath and CAShapeLayer to achieve this

Step1: Copy following code

TrImageView.swift

import UIKit

protocol TriImageViewDelegate: class {
    func didTapImage(image: UIImage)
}

class TriImageView:UIView {

    //assumption: view width = 2 x view height

    var images = [UIImage]()

    var delegate:TriImageViewDelegate?

    override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()

        //add imageviews
        for i in 1...3 {
            let imageView = UIImageView()
            imageView.tag = i
            imageView.userInteractionEnabled = true
            self.addSubview(imageView)
        }

        //add gesture recognizer
        self.addGestureRecognizer(UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(TriImageView.handleTap(_:))))

    }

    //override drawRect
    override func drawRect(rect: CGRect) {
        super.drawRect(rect)

        let width = rect.size.width
        let height = rect.size.height
        let frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: width, height: height)

        let pointA = CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0)
        let pointB = CGPoint(x: width * 0.79, y: 0)
        let pointC = CGPoint(x: width, y: 0)
        let pointD = CGPoint(x: width * 0.534,y: height * 0.29)
        let pointE = CGPoint(x: 0, y: height * 0.88)
        let pointF = CGPoint(x: 0, y: height)
        let pointG = CGPoint(x: width * 0.874, y: height)
        let pointH = CGPoint(x: width, y: height)

        let path1 = [pointA,pointB,pointD,pointE]
        let path2 = [pointE,pointD,pointG,pointF]
        let path3 = [pointB,pointC,pointH,pointG,pointD]

        let paths = [path1,path2,path3]

        for i in 1...3 {
            let imageView = (self.viewWithTag(i) as! UIImageView)
            imageView.image = images[i - 1]
            imageView.frame = frame
            addMask(imageView, points: paths[i - 1])
        }

    }

    //Add mask to the imageview
    func addMask(view:UIView, points:[CGPoint]){

        let maskPath = UIBezierPath()
        maskPath.moveToPoint(points[0])

        for i in 1..<points.count {
            maskPath.addLineToPoint(points[i])
        }

        maskPath.closePath()

        let maskLayer = CAShapeLayer()
        maskLayer.path = maskPath.CGPath
        view.layer.mask = maskLayer

    }

    //handle tap
    func handleTap(recognizer:UITapGestureRecognizer){

        let point = recognizer.locationInView(recognizer.view)

        for i in 1...3 {
            let imageView = (self.viewWithTag(i) as! UIImageView)
            let layer = (imageView.layer.mask as! CAShapeLayer)
            let path = layer.path

            let contains = CGPathContainsPoint(path, nil, point, false)

            if contains == true {
                delegate?.didTapImage(imageView.image!)
            }

        }



    }

}

Step2: Set the custom class

Step3: Use it

Comments

[Kim]

I would replace the last addLineToPoint: with closePath, otherwise perfect. :)

[Dhiru]

i have problem while making any shape of UIView , when i use myView.layer.mask = mask; i am unable to put shadow on that view , can you please help me out ...

[Abdul Waheed]

its super natural