Setting Corner Radius on UIImageView not working

Question

I'm at a bit of a loss. I've used the layer property of UIView to round the corners of multiple elements in my app. However, this one UIImageView is simply not complying. Not sure what I am missing.

The UIImageView (called previewImage) is contained in a Table View Cell. I've tried setting the cornerRadius property multiple location (in the cell itself and in the controller that creates the cell) to no avail.

static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"MyTableViewCell";

MyTableViewCell *cell = (MyTableViewCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
    NSArray *topLevelObjects = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:CellIdentifier owner:self options:nil];
    cell = [topLevelObjects objectAtIndex:0];
    cell.previewImage.layer.cornerRadius = 20; //Made it 20 to make sure it's obvious.
}

Is there something about the way cells are loaded that I'm missing?

Kelseykelsi

Answer 1

You need to set the layer's masksToBounds property to YES:

cell.previewImage.layer.masksToBounds = YES;

This is because the UIImageView control creates a pseudo-subview to hold the UIImage object.

Oram

Unless you also rasterize the view (view.layer.shouldRasterize = YES), every frame will require a re-mask of all the pixels. – Denounce

@Denounce so it's better to set shouldRasterize = false? – Protagonist

If shouldRasterize is false you pay the mask creation overhead everyframe. If shouldRasterize is true and your layer changes every frame, you pay the mask overhead and the rasterization overhead. Ideal case is a static (not changing very often) layer with shouldRasterize = true. – Denounce

Answer 2

Also worth noting that

1. If you are using aspectFit AND cornerRadius with clipsToBounds/masksToBounds, you won't get the rounded corners.

i.e if you have this

theImageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit

and

   theImageView.layer.cornerRadius = (theImageView.frame.size.height)/2
    theImageView.clipsToBounds = true

or

theImageView.layer.masksToBounds = true

It won't work. you will have to get rid of aspectFit code

//theImageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit

2. Make sure the width and the height for the Image View is same

Brandnew

In short: set aspect ratio 1:1 if you want to use AspectFit – Bird

It won't work. you will have to get rid of aspectFit code This helped me – Gothard

If we want to use aspect-fit, we can create our own rounded-corner mask. Ref: #34962603 – Maskanonge

Answer 3

This should work

cell.previewImage.clipsToBounds = YES;

cell.previewImage.layer.cornerRadius = 20;

Helbonia

Not sure clipsToBounds is a method on the later class. Believe it's masksToBounds as above. – Moria

@AlfieHanssen layers have masksToBounds:, views have clipsToBounds: – Stilbestrol

Answer 4

I believe you need to set:

cell.previewImage.layer.masksToBounds = YES;
cell.previewImage.layer.opaque = NO;

Drift

Answer 5

In Xcode Interface Builder, selecting 'Clip Subviews' Drawing attribute for the view together with setting the corner radius in the code cell.previewImage.layer.cornerRadius = 20;does the job for me!

See 'Clip Subviews' option in IB

Demona

Answer 6

Try this below piece of code

cell.previewImage.layer.cornerRadius = 20;
cell.previewImage.clipsToBounds = YES;

Bindweed

Answer 7

Try this code:-

self.imgaviewName.clipsToBounds = true
self.imageviewName.layer.cornerRadius = 10

Poetess

Code-only answers are discouraged. Please click on edit and add some words summarising how your code addresses the question, or perhaps explain how your answer differs from the previous answer/answers. Thanks – Bohannan

Answer 8

For imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFill the cornerRadius is not applied if the image is very large, depending on the hardware.

Some tests with resized panorama images:

• iPhone X, image size 5000x1107: 🚫 4000x886: ✅
• iPhone 6s Plus, image size 10000x2215: 🚫 5000x1107: ✅
• iPhone 6s, image size 10000x2215: 🚫 5000x1107: ✅

The imageView dimensions where 160x100. Interestingly, the newer hardware isn't necessarily more capable.

Feel free to edit this post with more test results!

Bashuk

Answer 9

UIImageView gives cornerRadius with clipsToBounds folowing is example of Swift and Objectiv-C (The followfing example code for round image)

Swift

myImageView.layer.cornerRadius = myImageView.frame.size.height/2.0
myImageView.clipsToBounds = true

Objectiv -C

[myImageView.layer setCornerRadius:myImageView.frame.size.height/2.0];
[myImageView setClipsToBounds:TRUE];

Sorites

Answer 10

Swift 4.2 Answer:

In order for the corner radius to work, add the image to a UIView and then you need to set the image's masksToBounds property to true:

planeImage.layer.masksToBounds = true
planeImage.layer.cornerRadius = 20

Note: Replace 20 by the desired cornerRadius

Esquiline

Answer 11

Nothing from the previous answers is working?

It may happen that the size of the UIImageView is bigger than the image size. Corner radius can be set well but not visible in that case.

Quick check of the UIImageView size by code: (or can use "View UI Hierarchy" tool in XCode)

self.imageView.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor]; 

In this scenario you should assure that UIImageView has the same aspect ratio as the image.

Crepitate

This was my problem - setting the color showed me that it was working but my image was smaller than my image view. In my case I ended up making the background color match the background of the image so it looks rounded – Crape

Answer 12

-(void) viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated{
       [super viewDidAppear:animated];
       [self setMaskTo:viewDistance 
             byRoundingCorners:UIRectCornerBottomLeft | UIRectCornerBottomRight];
           }

- (void)setMaskTo:(UIView*)view byRoundingCorners:(UIRectCorner)corners
     {
      UIBezierPath *rounded = [UIBezierPath 
                bezierPathWithRoundedRect:view.bounds
                                              byRoundingCorners:corners

                     cornerRadii:CGSizeMake(20.0, 20.0)];

          CAShapeLayer *shape = [[CAShapeLayer alloc] init];
          shape.frame = self.view.bounds;
         [shape setPath:rounded.CGPath];
          view.layer.mask = shape;
       }

Elasticity

Answer 13

You can use this code

override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() { 
    yourImageView.layer.cornerRadius = yourImageView.frame.width / 2
}

Chaparro