How to create dotted step indicator in swift 5(iOS) - ios

Question

I have a requirement like to draw a dotted step indicator in swift 5. I have searched for lot of tutorials on the same but I couldn't get the proper result. I need the step indicator which should be in vertical position(Top to Bottom). I have used the following code but it is coming wrongly when I run the app in iPad.
private func drawLinePath() {
//let linePath = UIBezierPath()
let path = UIBezierPath()
let centerX = self.frame.width / 2.0
let lineHeight = self.frame.height / 10
path.move(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y: 0))
path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y: lineHeight))
path.move(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y:lineHeight + 3))
path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y: lineHeight + 5))
path.move(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y:lineHeight + 8))
path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y: lineHeight + 10))
path.move(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y:lineHeight + 12))
path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y: lineHeight + 15))
path.move(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y:lineHeight + 18))
path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y: lineHeight + 21 ))
path.move(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y:lineHeight + 23))
path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y: lineHeight + 26))
path.move(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y:lineHeight + 28))
path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y: lineHeight + 31))
path.move(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y:lineHeight + 33))
path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y: lineHeight + 36))
path.move(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y:lineHeight + 38))
path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: centerX, y: lineHeight + 41))
self.path = path.cgPath
}

Answer 1

here is code working perfectly.
func drawLineFromPoint(start : CGPoint, toPoint end:CGPoint, ofColor lineColor: UIColor, inView view:UIView) {
//design the path
let path = UIBezierPath()
path.move(to: start)
path.addLine(to: end)
//design path in layer
let shapeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
shapeLayer.path = path.cgPath
shapeLayer.fillColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
shapeLayer.strokeColor = lineColor.cgColor
shapeLayer.lineWidth = 4.0
shapeLayer.lineCap = .round
shapeLayer.lineDashPattern = [0.001,16]
shapeLayer.lineDashPhase = 4
view.layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)
}
func drawLine() {
let frm1: CGRect = img1.frame
let frm2 : CGRect = img2.frame
drawLineFromPoint(start: CGPoint(x: frm1.origin.x + 12, y: frm1.origin.y + 25), toPoint: CGPoint(x: frm1.origin.x + 12, y: frm2.origin.y), ofColor: UIColor.black, inView: self.view)
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
drawLine()
}
here is image

Answer 2

For that dotted path you can take UILabel and set text as '......' with your required font size and color. No need to draw any Bezier path. Just use UILabel.

Answer 3

take UIView for dashed line and use below code for line.
extension UIView {
func createDashedLine(from point1: CGPoint, to point2: CGPoint, color: UIColor, strokeLength: NSNumber, gapLength: NSNumber, width: CGFloat) {
let shapeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
shapeLayer.strokeColor = color.cgColor
shapeLayer.lineWidth = width
shapeLayer.lineDashPattern = [strokeLength, gapLength]
let path = CGMutablePath()
path.addLines(between: [point1, point2])
shapeLayer.path = path
layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)
}}
Now use it like below..
let topPoint = CGPoint(x: vw.frame.midX, y: vw.bounds.minY)
let bottomPoint = CGPoint(x: vw.frame.midX, y: vw.bounds.maxY)
vw.createDashedLine(from: topPoint, to: bottomPoint, color: .lightGray, strokeLength: 4, gapLength: 6, width: 2)

Answer 4

You can use StepIndicator pod for that, you can find example from this link
https://github.com/chenyun122/StepIndicator

Answer 5

let rect = CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0), size: CGSize.init(width: 20, height: 40))
let layer = CAShapeLayer()
let path = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: rect, cornerRadius: 4)
layer.path = path.cgPath
layer.strokeColor = UIColor.gray.cgColor
layer.lineDashPattern = [3,3];
layer.backgroundColor = _CLEAR_COLOR.cgColor;
layer.fillColor = _CLEAR_COLOR.cgColor;
viewDottedLine.layer.addSublayer(layer);
Change rect values as per your view and lineDashPattern.
Hope that will work for you.