I have started developing (mainly) iPhone apps late 2009 and I feel like I have some experience on iOS platform that I can share. I won’t be doing tutorial serias but just some tips and tricks.

Let’s start with some ui tips, there are 2 ways to make rounded views in iPhone. One is using layers which is inefficient way, second is using quartz in drawRect.

Using layers is really simple;


YourView *vw = [[YourView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(20, 20, 80, 80)];
vw.layer.cornerRadius = 16;
vw.layer.masksToBounds = YES;


simple. The right way is to handle in drawRect;

UIBezierPath *path = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:self.bounds byRoundingCorners:UIRectCornerAllCorners cornerRadii:CGSizeMake(16.0, 16.0)]; //Add a bezier path
[path addClip]; // and clip


Both two will same view.