Question

I only managed to do so If I set cornerRadius property to the layer I want to mask.

I am trying to achieve:

1. UIView that is whole blue.
2. CALayer with full background color red.
3. maskLayer, CALayer which is smaller than the first one (CGRectInset(redLayer.frame, 20, 20))
4. redLayer.mask = maskLayer
5. [blueView.layer addSublayer:redLayer]

Now I would like to have only red border (redLayer) and middle would be blue (because blueView is blue). This blue part is size/shape of maskLayer (and is transparent so thats why I should see blue color).

Am I on a right track here?

Answer 1

maskLayer must have some color set on it.