
2-> 圆半径方向渐变
- (void)drawRadialGradient:(CGContextRef)context
path:(CGPathRef)path
startColor:(CGColorRef)startColor
endColor:(CGColorRef)endColor
{
CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGFloat locations[] = { 0.0, 1.0 };
NSArray *colors = @[(__bridge id) startColor, (__bridge id) endColor];
CGGradientRef gradient = CGGradientCreateWithColors(colorSpace, (__bridge CFArrayRef) colors, locations);
CGRect pathRect = CGPathGetBoundingBox(path);
CGPoint center = CGPointMake(CGRectGetMidX(pathRect), CGRectGetMidY(pathRect));
CGFloat radius = MAX(pathRect.size.width / 2.0, pathRect.size.height / 2.0) * sqrt(2);
CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGContextAddPath(context, path);
CGContextEOClip(context);
CGContextDrawRadialGradient(context, gradient, center, 0, center, radius, 0);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
CGGradientRelease(gradient);
CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
//创建CGContextRef
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.view.bounds.size);
CGContextRef gc = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
//创建CGMutablePathRef
CGMutablePathRef path = CGPathCreateMutable();
//绘制Path
CGRect rect = CGRectMake(0, 100, 300, 200);
CGPathMoveToPoint(path, NULL, CGRectGetMinX(rect), CGRectGetMinY(rect));
CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, CGRectGetMidX(rect), CGRectGetMaxY(rect));
CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, CGRectGetWidth(rect), CGRectGetMaxY(rect));
CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, CGRectGetWidth(rect), CGRectGetMinY(rect));
CGPathCloseSubpath(path);
//绘制渐变
[self drawRadialGradient:gc path:path startColor:[UIColor greenColor].CGColor endColor:[UIColor redColor].CGColor];
//注意释放CGMutablePathRef
CGPathRelease(path);
//从Context中获取图像,并显示在界面上
UIImage *img = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
UIImageView *imgView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:img];
[self.view addSubview:imgView];
}

三、以CAShapeLayer作为layer的mask属性
CALayer的mask属性可以作为遮罩让layer显示mask遮住(非透明)的部分;CAShapeLayer为CALayer的子类,通过path属性可以生成不同的形状,将CAShapeLayer对象用作layer的mask属性的话,就可以生成不同形状的图层。
故生成颜色渐变有以下几个步骤:
1、生成一个imageView(也可以为layer),image的属性为颜色渐变的图片
2、生成一个CAShapeLayer对象,根据path属性指定所需的形状










