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Asked: 2026-06-09T09:18:57+00:00

I have a UIView that I draw a CGPath to and would like to

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I have a UIView that I draw a CGPath to and would like to draw an overlay onto the entire view itself, one z level above the rendered CGPath.

How is this done? Should I use a layer? I would like to draw or fill parts of the view repeatedly, so I am not sure if it might be better to use some kind of fill method. Is there a more efficient way to fill parts of the view other than drawing a new path?

I want to create the effect similar to a progress bar, extending the overlays width during runtime depending on a value.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could use a subview (or, similarly, a sub-layer) for this. A subview of a view will appear above the content rendered in drawRect:.

    If you can get away with using a UIImage background (say, one created with resizableImageWithCapInsets:), and simply changing the size of that view over time, it will likely be more efficient than redrawing in drawRect:.

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