I wanted to draw a vertical single bar graph. I was trying to do it using DrawRect, but could not able to do so. Can nay one hlep me to knwo if this can be done easily by providing start and end point in view to change the color.
thanks
If you have a custom view, it's just a matter of drawing the lines and rectangles that you want. For example:
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
CGAffineTransform t = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(1, -1);
self.transform = t;
CGFloat baseline = 50;
CGFloat inset = 40;
CGFloat barWidth = 20;
CGFloat barHeight = 80;
CGRect r = CGRectMake(inset + barWidth, baseline, barWidth, barHeight);
UIBezierPath *p = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRect:r];
[[UIColor redColor] set];
[p fill];
p = [UIBezierPath bezierPath];
[p moveToPoint:CGPointMake(inset, baseline)];
[p addLineToPoint:CGPointMake(inset + 3 * barWidth, baseline)];
[[UIColor blackColor] set];
[p stroke];
}
produces this:
I've created a UIView subclass with the -drawRect: method above and created an instance of that view that's the size of the window. Note that I flipped the coordinate system using a transform -- you don't have to do that, but drawing with the origin at the lower left corner can be easier.
try this one
1. http://www.raywenderlich.com/13271/how-to-draw-graphs-with-core-plot-part-2
2 OVGraph.- a library for the graphs
I want make UI like the below image. Now I want to make it by QuartzCore.
I had implemented all the Graphics including circles,Vertical and horizontal lines.
I am little confuse how to make that center point with animation effect shown in Image.
The key to the approach used to draw the image shown above is using CGContextDrawRadialGradient to draw the dot. We can then use this dot image as the contents of a CALayer, allowing us to reposition it and animate it as we see fit.
In your original question you asked...
how to make that center point with animation effect shown in Image?
...but as a still image it doesn't show any animation. I've made an educated guess as to how you envisioned the dot be animated.
The following code creates a gradated dot with a pulsating animation, fading in and out repeatedly:
Code
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
...
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
CGFloat dotDiameter = 30.f;
CGFloat dotRadius = dotDiameter * 0.5;
CGRect dotRect = CGRectMake(CGRectGetMidX(self.view.frame) - dotRadius,
CGRectGetMidY(self.view.frame) - dotRadius,
dotDiameter, dotDiameter);
CALayer *dotLayer = [CALayer layer];
dotLayer.contents = (id)[self dotImageOfDiameter:dotDiameter].CGImage;
dotLayer.cornerRadius = dotRadius;
dotLayer.frame = dotRect;
dotLayer.masksToBounds = YES;
// Animate the dot to make it appear to pulsate.
CABasicAnimation *pulseAnimation = [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:#"opacity"];
pulseAnimation.autoreverses = YES;
pulseAnimation.duration = 0.8;
pulseAnimation.fromValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.0f];
pulseAnimation.repeatCount = INFINITY;
pulseAnimation.toValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0f];
[dotLayer addAnimation:pulseAnimation forKey:#"opacity"];
[self.view.layer addSublayer:dotLayer];
}
- (UIImage *)dotImageOfDiameter:(CGFloat)diameter
{
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(CGSizeMake(diameter, diameter), NO, 0.0f);
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGFloat radius = diameter * 0.5;
CGColorSpaceRef baseColorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGFloat colours[8] = { 0.56f, 0.78f, 0.94f, 1.0f, // Opaque dot colour.
0.56f, 0.78f, 0.94f, 0.0f }; // Transparent dot colour.
CGGradientRef gradient = CGGradientCreateWithColorComponents (baseColorSpace, colours, NULL, 2);
CGContextDrawRadialGradient(context, gradient, CGPointMake(radius, radius), 0.0f, CGPointMake(radius, radius), radius, kCGGradientDrawsAfterEndLocation);
CGImageRef dotImageRef = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(context);
UIImage *dotImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:dotImageRef];
CGColorSpaceRelease(baseColorSpace);
CGGradientRelease(gradient);
CGImageRelease(dotImageRef);
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return dotImage;
}
This one is from apple, shows how to add shadows in Quarrtz. Here it is explained
For shadow you can use the right color values nearly equal to cyan color in ur case,
void MyDrawWithShadows (CGContextRef myContext, // 1
CGFloat wd, CGFloat ht);
{
CGSize myShadowOffset = CGSizeMake (-15, 20);// 2
CGFloat myColorValues[] = {1, 0, 0, .6};// 3
CGColorRef myColor;// 4
CGColorSpaceRef myColorSpace;// 5
CGContextSaveGState(myContext);// 6
CGContextSetShadow (myContext, myShadowOffset, 5); // 7
// Your drawing code here// 8
CGContextSetRGBFillColor (myContext, 0, 1, 0, 1);
CGContextFillRect (myContext, CGRectMake (wd/3 + 75, ht/2 , wd/4, ht/4));
myColorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB ();// 9
myColor = CGColorCreate (myColorSpace, myColorValues);// 10
CGContextSetShadowWithColor (myContext, myShadowOffset, 5, myColor);// 11
// Your drawing code here// 12
CGContextSetRGBFillColor (myContext, 0, 0, 1, 1);
CGContextFillRect (myContext, CGRectMake (wd/3-75,ht/2-100,wd/4,ht/4));
CGColorRelease (myColor);// 13
CGColorSpaceRelease (myColorSpace); // 14
CGContextRestoreGState(myContext);// 15
}
You can draw radial gradient to some CALayer and then just animate that CALayer
Use CGContextDrawRadialGradient to draw gradient layer
CABasicAnimation *anim = [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:#"transform"];
[anim setFromValue:[NSValue valueWithCATransform3D:CATransform3DIdentity]];
// Scale x and y up
[anim setToValue:[NSValue valueWithCATransform3D:
CATransform3DMakeScale (1.0f, 1.0f,0.0f)]];
[anim setAutoreverses:YES];
[anim setRepeatCount:HUGE_VALF];
[gradientViewlayer addAnimation:anim];
Hope this helps, I havent tested this, but may be this can give you some directions.
Other layout you can complete with CGContext
I need to draw many lines (in the range of 50-75) in a screen and currently use the below function for it which works fine. After drawing 40-50 of these lines with the below code, the application slows down noticeably in my iPhone 4. To optimize I tried removing the line shadow it helped but still app wasn't running as smooth as I wanted. I need to optimize the below code, my first idea is to replace the cashapelayers with .png line images. But the new method should support line rotation, different length line with same width, and animation of drawing (it seems a lot for me to do with cgaffinetransforms). Any ideas that can help me?
+ (CAShapeLayer *) drawLineOnView:(UIView *) view BetweenPoint1:(CGPoint) point1 Point2:(CGPoint) point2 lineWidth:(CGFloat)lineWidth lineColor:(UIColor *) color Animated:(BOOL) animed
{
CAShapeLayer *lineShape = [CAShapeLayer layer];
CGMutablePathRef linePath = nil;
linePath = CGPathCreateMutable();
//lineShape.opacity = 0.6;
lineShape.lineWidth = lineWidth;
lineShape.lineCap = kCALineCapRound;
if(color==nil) color = [UIColor orangeColor]; //Default value
lineShape.shadowColor = [color CGColor];
lineShape.shadowOpacity = 1.0;
lineShape.shadowRadius = 5.0;
lineShape.strokeColor = [color CGColor];
CGPathMoveToPoint(linePath, NULL, point1.x, point1.y);
CGPathAddLineToPoint(linePath, NULL, point2.x, point2.y);
if(animed)
{
CABasicAnimation *pathAnimation = [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:#"strokeEnd"];
pathAnimation.duration = 1.0;
pathAnimation.fromValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.0f];
pathAnimation.toValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0f];
[lineShape addAnimation:pathAnimation forKey:#"strokeEndAnimation"];
}
lineShape.path = linePath;
CGPathRelease(linePath);
[view.layer addSublayer:lineShape];
return lineShape;
}
PARTLY SOLVED (Optimization never ends)
I broke down my line drawing function into 2 complementary parts and draw multiple lines into the one shape layer instead of creating new layers each time. It works much better if not great. Here is the updated code:
+ (CAShapeLayer *) createNewShapeLayerForDrawingLinesOnView:(UIView *) view lineWidth:(CGFloat)lineWidth lineColor:(UIColor *) color
{
CAShapeLayer *lineShape = [CAShapeLayer layer];
//lineShape.opacity = 0.6;
lineShape.lineWidth = lineWidth;
lineShape.lineCap = kCALineCapRound;
if(color==nil) color = [UIColor orangeColor]; //Default value
lineShape.shadowColor = [color CGColor];
lineShape.shadowOpacity = 1.0;
lineShape.shadowRadius = 5.0;
lineShape.strokeColor = [color CGColor];
[view.layer addSublayer:lineShape];
return lineShape;
}
+ (void) addNewLineToShapeLayer:(CAShapeLayer *) shapeLayer BetweenPoint1:(CGPoint) point1 Point2:(CGPoint) point2
{
CGMutablePathRef combinedPath = CGPathCreateMutableCopy(shapeLayer.path);
CGMutablePathRef linePath = CGPathCreateMutable();
CGPathMoveToPoint(linePath, NULL, point1.x, point1.y);
CGPathAddLineToPoint(linePath, NULL, point2.x, point2.y);
//No paths drawn before
if(combinedPath == NULL)
{
combinedPath = linePath;
}
else
{
CGPathAddPath(combinedPath, NULL, linePath);
}
shapeLayer.path = combinedPath;
CGPathRelease(linePath);
}
While I understand the want to create multiple layers, it will be much more efficient to draw all the lines into one and to manage animations and rotations of a list of lines from there. You can do this in a shape layer with a combined path like(missing code marked with "..."):
CGMutablePathRef combinedPath = CGPathCreateMutableCopy(path.CGPath);
for(...)
CGPathAddPath(combinedPath, NULL, [self makeNewPathFrom:...].CGPath);
myLayer.path = combinedPath;
Even faster, you can draw the list of lines directly onto the graphics context of a CALayer. This example for a view's drawRect: method is untested but should give you an idea:
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextSetLineWidth(context, lineWidth);
CGContextSetRGBStrokeColor(context, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0); //red
for(MyLine *line in lines)
{
CGContextMoveToPoint(context, point1.x, point1.y);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, point2.x, point2.y);
}
If you need further optimization, you should look into OpenGL.
You definitely do not want 75 layers, each with their own line. Are you sure you can't draw a single, more complex, path in a single layer?
I'm creating a simple app where when the user presses a button, a series of lines will be drawn on the screen and the user will be able to see these lines drawn in real time (almost like an animation).
My code looks something like this (has been simplified):
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake(300,300));
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
CGContextMoveToPoint(context, i, i);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, i+20, i+20);
CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, [[UIColor blackColor] CGColor]);
CGContextStrokePath(context);
}
UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
My problem is that:
1) As soon as the user presses the button, the UIThread blocks until the drawing is done.
2) I can't get the lines to be drawn on the screen one at a time - I've tried setting the UIImage directly inside the loop and also tried setting a layer content inside the loop.
How do I get around these problems?
You say "just like an animation". Why not do an actual animation, a la Core Graphics' CABasicAnimation? Do you really need to show it as a series of lines, or is a proper animation ok?
If you want to animate the actual drawing of the line, you could do something like:
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
- (void)drawBezierAnimate:(BOOL)animate
{
UIBezierPath *bezierPath = [self bezierPath];
CAShapeLayer *bezier = [[CAShapeLayer alloc] init];
bezier.path = bezierPath.CGPath;
bezier.strokeColor = [UIColor blueColor].CGColor;
bezier.fillColor = [UIColor clearColor].CGColor;
bezier.lineWidth = 5.0;
bezier.strokeStart = 0.0;
bezier.strokeEnd = 1.0;
[self.view.layer addSublayer:bezier];
if (animate)
{
CABasicAnimation *animateStrokeEnd = [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:#"strokeEnd"];
animateStrokeEnd.duration = 10.0;
animateStrokeEnd.fromValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.0f];
animateStrokeEnd.toValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0f];
[bezier addAnimation:animateStrokeEnd forKey:#"strokeEndAnimation"];
}
}
Then all you have to do is create the UIBezierPath for your line, e.g.:
- (UIBezierPath *)bezierPath
{
UIBezierPath *path = [UIBezierPath bezierPath];
[path moveToPoint:CGPointMake(0.0, 0.0)];
[path addLineToPoint:CGPointMake(200.0, 200.0)];
return path;
}
If you want, you can patch a bunch of lines together into a single path, e.g. here is a roughly sine curve shaped series of lines:
- (UIBezierPath *)bezierPath
{
UIBezierPath *path = [UIBezierPath bezierPath];
CGPoint point = self.view.center;
[path moveToPoint:CGPointMake(0, self.view.frame.size.height / 2.0)];
for (CGFloat f = 0.0; f < M_PI * 2; f += 0.75)
{
point = CGPointMake(f / (M_PI * 2) * self.view.frame.size.width, sinf(f) * 200.0 + self.view.frame.size.height / 2.0);
[path addLineToPoint:point];
}
return path;
}
And these don't block the main thread.
By the way, you'll obviously have to add the CoreGraphics.framework to your target's Build Settings under Link Binary With Libraries.
EDIT:
I finally found a real simple solution to this problem, using the CAGradientLayer class, and the CALayer drawing functionalities.
Ole Begemann released a great UIView wrapper for CAGradientLayer class named OBGradientView.
This class allows you to easily create a gradient UIView in your application.
You then use the CALayer drawing functionalities to add the rounded corners and drop shadow values :
// Create the gradient view
OBGradientView *gradient = [[OBGradientView alloc] initWithFrame:someRect];
NSArray *colors = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[UIColor redColor], [UIColor yellowColor], nil];
gradient.colors = colors;
// Set rounded corners and drop shadow
gradient.layer.cornerRadius = 5.0;
gradient.layer.shadowColor = [UIColor grayColor].CGColor;
gradient.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0;
gradient.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(2.0, 2.0);
gradient.layer.shadowRadius = 3.0;
[self.view addSubview:gradient];
[gradient release];
Dont forget to add the QuartzCore framework to your project.
ORIGINAL QUESTION:
I have been working on a custom control that is a rounded rectangle button, filled with a linear gradient, and having a drop shadow.
I have filled the two first steps using this answer : link text
My problem is now to add a drop shadow under the resulting shape.
Actually, the context has been clipped to the rounded rect path, so when I use the CGContextSetShadow function, it doesn't draw it.
I tried to solve this problem by drawing the rounded rect twice, first with a plain color, so it draws the shadow, and then redraw it with the gradient fill.
It kinda worked, but I still can see a few pixels at the corners of the shape resulting from the first draw with a plain color, as you can see on this zoomed version :
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/6489/capturedcran20100701192.png
It is almost good, but not perfect yet...
Here is my -drawRect: implementation :
static void addRoundedRectToPath(CGContextRef context, CGRect rect, float ovalWidth, float ovalHeight)
{
float fw, fh;
if (ovalWidth == 0 || ovalHeight == 0) {
CGContextAddRect(context, rect);
return;
}
CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGContextTranslateCTM (context, CGRectGetMinX(rect), CGRectGetMinY(rect));
CGContextScaleCTM (context, ovalWidth, ovalHeight);
fw = CGRectGetWidth (rect) / ovalWidth;
fh = CGRectGetHeight (rect) / ovalHeight;
CGContextMoveToPoint(context, fw, fh/2);
CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, fw, fh, fw/2, fh, 1);
CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, 0, fh, 0, fh/2, 1);
CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, 0, 0, fw/2, 0, 1);
CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, fw, 0, fw, fh/2, 1);
CGContextClosePath(context);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
}
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGSize shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(10.0, 10.0);
CGFloat blur = 5.0;
rect.size.width -= shadowOffset.width + blur;
rect.size.height -= shadowOffset.height + blur;
CGContextSaveGState(context);
addRoundedRectToPath(context, rect, _radius, _radius);
CGContextSetShadow (context, shadowOffset, blur);
CGContextDrawPath(context, kCGPathFill);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
addRoundedRectToPath(context, rect, _radius, _radius);
CGContextClip(context);
CGFloat colors[] =
{
_gradientStartColor.red, _gradientStartColor.green, _gradientStartColor.blue, _gradientStartColor.alpha,
_gradientEndColor.red, _gradientEndColor.green, _gradientEndColor.blue, _gradientEndColor.alpha
};
size_t num_locations = 2;
CGFloat locations[2] = { 0.0, 1.0 };
CGColorSpaceRef rgb = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGGradientRef gradient = CGGradientCreateWithColorComponents(rgb, colors, locations, num_locations);
CGRect currentBounds = self.bounds;
CGPoint gStartPoint = CGPointMake(CGRectGetMidX(currentBounds), 0.0f);
CGPoint gEndPoint = CGPointMake(CGRectGetMidX(currentBounds), CGRectGetMaxY(currentBounds));
CGContextDrawLinearGradient(context, gradient, gStartPoint, gEndPoint, 0);
CGColorSpaceRelease(rgb);
CGGradientRelease(gradient);
}
Any ideas on how to do this in another way ?
Thanks !
In order to create a rounded corner view with a gradient background and drop shadow, here's what did:
The first part is very similar to what was provided in the question, it creates a rounded rect path using CGPathAddArcToPoint as described very well in this article. Here's a picture to help me understand it:
The second part works as follows:
Enable shadowing on the graphics context, add the path that was just defined, then fill that path. You can't apply the shadow to just the path itself (paths are not part of the graphics state), so you need to fill the path in order for the shadow to appear (I suppose a stroked path might also work?). You can't simply apply the shadow to a gradient since it's not really a standard fill (see this post for more info).
Once you have a filled rounded rect that creates the shadow, you need to draw the gradient over top of that. So add the path a second time in order to set the clipping area, then draw the gradient using CGContextDrawLinearGradient. I don't think you can easily "fill" a path with a gradient like you could with the earlier standard-fill step, so instead you fill the drawing area with the gradient and then clip to the rounded rectangle area that you're interested in.
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
[super drawRect:rect];
CGGradientRef gradient = [self normalGradient];
CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGMutablePathRef outlinePath = CGPathCreateMutable();
float offset = 5.0;
float w = [self bounds].size.width;
float h = [self bounds].size.height;
CGPathMoveToPoint(outlinePath, nil, offset*2.0, offset);
CGPathAddArcToPoint(outlinePath, nil, offset, offset, offset, offset*2, offset);
CGPathAddLineToPoint(outlinePath, nil, offset, h - offset*2.0);
CGPathAddArcToPoint(outlinePath, nil, offset, h - offset, offset *2.0, h-offset, offset);
CGPathAddLineToPoint(outlinePath, nil, w - offset *2.0, h - offset);
CGPathAddArcToPoint(outlinePath, nil, w - offset, h - offset, w - offset, h - offset * 2.0, offset);
CGPathAddLineToPoint(outlinePath, nil, w - offset, offset*2.0);
CGPathAddArcToPoint(outlinePath, nil, w - offset , offset, w - offset*2.0, offset, offset);
CGPathCloseSubpath(outlinePath);
CGContextSetShadow(ctx, CGSizeMake(4,4), 3);
CGContextAddPath(ctx, outlinePath);
CGContextFillPath(ctx);
CGContextAddPath(ctx, outlinePath);
CGContextClip(ctx);
CGPoint start = CGPointMake(rect.origin.x, rect.origin.y);
CGPoint end = CGPointMake(rect.origin.x, rect.size.height);
CGContextDrawLinearGradient(ctx, gradient, start, end, 0);
CGPathRelease(outlinePath);
}
- (CGGradientRef)normalGradient
{
NSMutableArray *normalGradientLocations = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:
[NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.0f],
[NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0f],
nil];
NSMutableArray *colors = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:2];
UIColor *color = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.2745 green:0.2745 blue:0.2745 alpha:1.0];
[colors addObject:(id)[color CGColor]];
color = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.2 green:0.2 blue:0.2 alpha:1.0];
[colors addObject:(id)[color CGColor]];
NSMutableArray *normalGradientColors = colors;
int locCount = [normalGradientLocations count];
CGFloat locations[locCount];
for (int i = 0; i < [normalGradientLocations count]; i++)
{
NSNumber *location = [normalGradientLocations objectAtIndex:i];
locations[i] = [location floatValue];
}
CGColorSpaceRef space = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGGradientRef normalGradient = CGGradientCreateWithColors(space, (CFArrayRef)normalGradientColors, locations);
CGColorSpaceRelease(space);
return normalGradient;
}
I have solution that does not need pre-fill of the path. Advantage(?) is that the shadow can use transparency effects of the gradient (i.e. if gradient is from opaque to trasparent, shadow will be partially transparent as well) and is simpler.
It goes more or less like:
CGContextSetShadowWithColor();
CGContextBeginTransparencyLayer();
CGContextSaveGState();
CGContextClip();
CGGradientCreateWithColorComponents();
CGContextRestoreGState();
CGContextEndTransparencyLayer();
CGContextSetShadowWithColor(..., NULL);
I suppose that is beacuse CGContextBeginTransparencyLayer/CGContextEndTransparencyLayer is outside the clip and the shadow is applied to that layer (which contains gradient filled path). At least it seems to work for me.
For shadows you can use CGContextSetShadow()
This code will draw something with a shadow:
- (void)drawTheRealThingInContext:(CGContextRef)ctx
{
// calculate x, y, w, h and inset here...
CGContextMoveToPoint(ctx, x+inset, y);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(ctx, x+w-inset, y);
CGContextAddArcToPoint(ctx, x+w, y, x+w, y+inset, inset);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(ctx, x+w, y+w-inset);
CGContextAddArcToPoint(ctx,x+w, y+w, x+w-inset, y+w, inset);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(ctx, x+inset, y+w);
CGContextAddArcToPoint(ctx,x, y+w, x, y+w-inset, inset);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(ctx, x, y+inset);
CGContextAddArcToPoint(ctx,x, y, x+inset, y, inset);
}
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGFloat color[4];color[0] = 1.0;color[1] = 1.0;color[2] = 1.0;color[3] = 1.0;
CGFloat scolor[4];scolor[0] = 0.4;scolor[1] = 0.4;scolor[2] = 0.4;scolor[3] = 0.8;
CGContextSetFillColor(ctx, color);
CGContextSaveGState(ctx);
CGSize myShadowOffset = CGSizeMake (3, -3);
CGContextSetShadow (ctx, myShadowOffset, 1);
CGContextBeginPath(ctx);
[self drawTheRealThingInContext:ctx];
CGContextFillPath(ctx);
CGContextRestoreGState(ctx);
}
Your (original) problem was that you were again drawing a shadow when you drew the gradient. This shadow had a (0,0) offset and a little bit of blur, that only shines through on the corners. In the line before CGContextDrawLinearGradient(…), add the following:
CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, CGSizeMake(0, 0), 0, NULL);
The NULL color value disables shadowing and will remove the corner effect.