Core graphics draws behind UIImageView

[c0der]

Hello everyone,

I've got a UIImageView in my main window. In DrawRect, I get the context and draw using CG methods, but it's drawing BEHIND my UIImageView.

How can I get core graphics to draw ON TOP of the UIImageView?

Thanks!

[ChrisL]

Subviews are always displayed on top of their superviews, so if you're overriding the drawRect method of the main view, the behavior you're seeing is expected.

If you mean that you're overriding the drawRect method of the UIImageView itself, that won't work because UIImageView doesn't call drawRect on its subclasses (as discussed in the documentation under "Special considerations").

If you want to draw on top of the image view, you'll need to add another UIView on top of it and do your drawing on that view. You'll need to make its background color clear ([UIColor clearColor]), and set its opaque property to NO so that the background shows through properly.