Question

I have the following code in my drawRect:

CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [UIColor redColor].CGColor);
CGContextFillPath(context);

I basically wanted to set the background of this view to be red.. however the code above doesn’t do it. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You probably want:

CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [UIColor redColor].CGColor);
CGContextFillRect(context, self.bounds);

CGContextFillPath fills a “path,” which you’d have to first build with a series of other calls, like CGContextAddRect and CGContextAddArc. It’s easier just to fill the rect.