How to crop the UIView as semi circle? - swift

Question

I want to crop UIView in semi circle shape
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

A convenient way is just subclass a UIView, add a layer on it and make the view color transparent if it's not by default.
import UIKit
class SemiCirleView: UIView {
var semiCirleLayer: CAShapeLayer!
override func layoutSubviews() {
super.layoutSubviews()
if semiCirleLayer == nil {
let arcCenter = CGPoint(x: bounds.size.width / 2, y: bounds.size.height / 2)
let circleRadius = bounds.size.width / 2
let circlePath = UIBezierPath(arcCenter: arcCenter, radius: circleRadius, startAngle: CGFloat.pi, endAngle: CGFloat.pi * 2, clockwise: true)
semiCirleLayer = CAShapeLayer()
semiCirleLayer.path = circlePath.cgPath
semiCirleLayer.fillColor = UIColor.red.cgColor
layer.addSublayer(semiCirleLayer)
// Make the view color transparent
backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
}
}
}

Answer 2

This question was already answered here: Draw a semi-circle button iOS
This is a extract of that question but using a UIView:
Swift 3
let myView = [this should be your view]
let circlePath = UIBezierPath(arcCenter: CGPoint(x: myView.bounds.size.width / 2, y: 0), radius: myView.bounds.size.height, startAngle: 0.0, endAngle: CGFloat(M_PI), clockwise: true)
let circleShape = CAShapeLayer()
circleShape.path = circlePath.cgPath
myView.layer.mask = circleShape
Swift 4
let myView = [this should be your view]
let circlePath = UIBezierPath(arcCenter: CGPoint(x: myView.bounds.size.width / 2, y: 0), radius: myView.bounds.size.height, startAngle: 0.0, endAngle: .pi, clockwise: true)
let circleShape = CAShapeLayer()
circleShape.path = circlePath.cgPath
myView.layer.mask = circleShape
I hope this helps you

Answer 3

it works in swift 4 and swift 5 for this issue.
let yourView = (is the view you want to crop semi circle from top)
let circlePath = UIBezierPath(arcCenter: CGPoint(x: yourView.bounds.size.width / 2, y: yourView.bounds.size.height), radius: yourView.bounds.size.height, startAngle: 0.0, endAngle: .pi, clockwise: false)
let circleShape = CAShapeLayer()
circleShape.path = circlePath.cgPath
yourView.layer.mask = circleShape