Question

I want to know, how can I erase a custom rect (with, for example, an UIView in IB or something else) of an UIImageView in order to display an other UIImageView positioned underneath.

I didn’t manage to do it using some response in the forum…

Answer 1

This will clear a rect in an image:

- (UIImage *)clearRect:(CGRect)rect inImage:(UIImage *)image {

    if (UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions != NULL)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions([image size], NO, 0.0);
    else
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext([image size]);

    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    [image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, [image size].width, [image size].height)];
    CGContextClearRect(context, rect);

    UIImage *result = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();

    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return result;
}

Just load your image and clear the rects before assigning it to the image view:

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Image.png"];
UIImage *maskedImage = [self clearRect:CGRectMake(10.0, 10.0, 50.0, 50.0) inImage:image];
[imageView setImage:maskedImage];