Question

I began to study Xcode and I can’t understand how to draw a line in a view, when I push button
I have this code

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{        
 CGContextRef con = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
 CGContextSetLineWidth(con, 5);
 CGColorSpaceRef space = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
 CGFloat componen [] = {0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0};
 CGColorRef color = CGColorCreate(space, componen);
 CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(con, color);
 CGContextMoveToPoint(con, 0, 0);
 CGContextAddLineToPoint(con, 100, 100);
 CGContextStrokePath(con);
 CGColorSpaceRelease(space);
 CGColorRelease(color);

}

This code draw a line when I start my application, but I wanna to start this code when I push button with my parameters(x1,x2,y1,y2).
I created a function like this

- (void)drawLine
{   
    CGContextRef con = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGContextSetLineWidth(con, 5);
    CGColorSpaceRef space = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
    CGFloat componen [] = {0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0};
    CGColorRef color = CGColorCreate(space, componen);
    CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(con, color);
    CGContextMoveToPoint(con, x1, y1);
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(con, x2, y2);
    CGContextStrokePath(con);
    CGColorSpaceRelease(space);
    CGColorRelease(color);

}

But it can’t draw

How to do this?

Answer 1

Define your drawRect: so that it decides whether it should draw a line or not:

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
    if (self.drawLine) {
        [self drawLineWithContext: UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
        self.drawLine = NO;
    }
}

When the button is tapped, have your view controller set your view parameters and tell the system to refresh your view:

- (IBAction)doDrawing:(id)sender {
    self.drawView.drawLine = YES;
    self.drawView.x1 = 20.0;
    self.drawView.x2 = 200.0;
    self.drawView.y1 = 10.0;
    self.drawView.y2 = 350.0;
    [self.drawView setNeedsDisplay];
}