IOS 6 Custom UIView by paintcode - ios

Question

I am an IOS beginner.
I am trying to show a custom button with code generated by paintcode.
I drag a View on Storyboard then set this generic view class to my custom view "GreenButton". When I run the app, the button does not show up. I added NSLogs and could see the drawRect method worked successfully.
The code generated by paintcode seems to include everything to draw the button. I just use XCode to resize my view.
Do I need to implement initWithFrame method at all?
//
// GreenButton.m
// Test
//
// Created by Tim on 13.04.2013.
// Copyright (c) 2013 Tim. All rights reserved.
//
#import "GreenButton.h"
#implementation GreenButton
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
// setup the initial properties of the view
}
return self;
}
#pragma mark - Touch event overrides
// Only override drawRect: if you perform custom drawing.
// An empty implementation adversely affects performance during animation.
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
NSLog(#"drawRect enter");
//// General Declarations
CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
//// Color Declarations
UIColor* strokeColor = [UIColor colorWithRed: 0.419 green: 0.434 blue: 0.455 alpha: 1];
UIColor* baseColor = [UIColor colorWithRed: 0.218 green: 0.24 blue: 0.268 alpha: 1];
CGFloat baseColorRGBA[4];
[baseColor getRed: &baseColorRGBA[0] green: &baseColorRGBA[1] blue: &baseColorRGBA[2] alpha: &baseColorRGBA[3]];
UIColor* upperColor = [UIColor colorWithRed: (baseColorRGBA[0] * 0.8 + 0.2) green: (baseColorRGBA[1] * 0.8 + 0.2) blue: (baseColorRGBA[2] * 0.8 + 0.2) alpha: (baseColorRGBA[3] * 0.8 + 0.2)];
UIColor* lowerColor = [UIColor colorWithRed: (baseColorRGBA[0] * 0.9) green: (baseColorRGBA[1] * 0.9) blue: (baseColorRGBA[2] * 0.9) alpha: (baseColorRGBA[3] * 0.9 + 0.1)];
UIColor* lightUpColor = [UIColor colorWithRed: (baseColorRGBA[0] * 0.5 + 0.5) green: (baseColorRGBA[1] * 0.5 + 0.5) blue: (baseColorRGBA[2] * 0.5 + 0.5) alpha: (baseColorRGBA[3] * 0.5 + 0.5)];
UIColor* lightDownColor = [UIColor colorWithRed: (baseColorRGBA[0] * 0.8) green: (baseColorRGBA[1] * 0.8) blue: (baseColorRGBA[2] * 0.8) alpha: (baseColorRGBA[3] * 0.8 + 0.2)];
//// Gradient Declarations
NSArray* buttonGradientColors = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
(id)upperColor.CGColor,
(id)lowerColor.CGColor, nil];
CGFloat buttonGradientLocations[] = {0, 1};
CGGradientRef buttonGradient = CGGradientCreateWithColors(colorSpace, (__bridge CFArrayRef)buttonGradientColors, buttonGradientLocations);
NSArray* overlayGradientColors = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
(id)lightUpColor.CGColor,
(id)[UIColor clearColor].CGColor, nil];
CGFloat overlayGradientLocations[] = {0, 1};
CGGradientRef overlayGradient = CGGradientCreateWithColors(colorSpace, (__bridge CFArrayRef)overlayGradientColors, overlayGradientLocations);
NSArray* gradientColors = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
(id)lightUpColor.CGColor,
(id)lightDownColor.CGColor, nil];
CGFloat gradientLocations[] = {0, 1};
CGGradientRef gradient = CGGradientCreateWithColors(colorSpace, (__bridge CFArrayRef)gradientColors, gradientLocations);
//// Shadow Declarations
UIColor* buttonShadow = [UIColor blackColor];
CGSize buttonShadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0.1, 1.1);
CGFloat buttonShadowBlurRadius = 2;
UIColor* textShadow = [UIColor blackColor];
CGSize textShadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0.1, -0.1);
CGFloat textShadowBlurRadius = 5;
//// Abstracted Attributes
NSString* textContent = #"Update";
//// Back Rectangle Drawing
UIBezierPath* backRectanglePath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect: CGRectMake(48, 53, 120, 23) cornerRadius: 4];
CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, buttonShadowOffset, buttonShadowBlurRadius, buttonShadow.CGColor);
CGContextBeginTransparencyLayer(context, NULL);
[backRectanglePath addClip];
CGContextDrawLinearGradient(context, gradient, CGPointMake(108, 53), CGPointMake(108, 76), 0);
CGContextEndTransparencyLayer(context);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
//// Rounded Rectangle Drawing
UIBezierPath* roundedRectanglePath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect: CGRectMake(49, 54, 118, 21) cornerRadius: 3];
CGContextSaveGState(context);
[roundedRectanglePath addClip];
CGContextDrawLinearGradient(context, buttonGradient, CGPointMake(108, 54), CGPointMake(108, 75), 0);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
//// Overlay Drawing
UIBezierPath* overlayPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect: CGRectMake(48, 53, 120, 23) cornerRadius: 4];
CGContextSaveGState(context);
[overlayPath addClip];
CGContextDrawRadialGradient(context, overlayGradient,
CGPointMake(54.72, 38.09), 10,
CGPointMake(108, 11.46), 102.2,
kCGGradientDrawsBeforeStartLocation | kCGGradientDrawsAfterEndLocation);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
//// Text Drawing
CGRect textRect = CGRectMake(55, 54, 104, 21);
UIBezierPath* textPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRect: textRect];
CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, textShadowOffset, textShadowBlurRadius, textShadow.CGColor);
CGContextBeginTransparencyLayer(context, NULL);
[textPath addClip];
CGContextDrawLinearGradient(context, buttonGradient, CGPointMake(107, 54), CGPointMake(107, 75), 0);
CGContextEndTransparencyLayer(context);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
[strokeColor setStroke];
textPath.lineWidth = 1;
[textPath stroke];
CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, textShadowOffset, textShadowBlurRadius, textShadow.CGColor);
[[UIColor whiteColor] setFill];
[textContent drawInRect: textRect withFont: [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize: [UIFont systemFontSize]] lineBreakMode: NSLineBreakByWordWrapping alignment: NSTextAlignmentCenter];
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
//// Cleanup
CGGradientRelease(buttonGradient);
CGGradientRelease(overlayGradient);
CGGradientRelease(gradient);
CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
NSLog(#"drawRect exit");
}
#end

Answer 1

You do not need to implement initWithFrame: when using a Storyboard.
In fact, the storyboard will use initWithCoder: so it won't even be called.
I tested your code, and it works fine, however, you are not drawing in the top left corner, but somewhere in the middle of the view, so be sure to make the view large enough if you want to see your button.
Preferably draw in the top left corner.