[ios] Draw line in UIView

I need to draw a horizontal line in a UIView. What is the easiest way to do it. For example, I want to draw a black horizontal line at y-coord=200.

I am NOT using Interface Builder.

Just add a Label without text and with background color. Set the Coordinates of your choice and also height and width. You can do it manually or with Interface Builder.

You can user UIBezierPath Class for this:

And can draw as many lines as you want:

I have subclassed UIView :

    @interface MyLineDrawingView()
    {
       NSMutableArray *pathArray;
       NSMutableDictionary *dict_path;
       CGPoint startPoint, endPoint;
    }

       @property (nonatomic,retain)   UIBezierPath *myPath;
    @end

And initialized the pathArray and dictPAth objects which will be used for line drawing. I am writing the main portion of the code from my own project:

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{

    for(NSDictionary *_pathDict in pathArray)
    {
        [((UIColor *)[_pathDict valueForKey:@"color"]) setStroke]; // this method will choose the color from the receiver color object (in this case this object is :strokeColor)
        [[_pathDict valueForKey:@"path"] strokeWithBlendMode:kCGBlendModeNormal alpha:1.0];
    }

    [[dict_path objectForKey:@"color"] setStroke]; // this method will choose the color from the receiver color object (in this case this object is :strokeColor)
    [[dict_path objectForKey:@"path"] strokeWithBlendMode:kCGBlendModeNormal alpha:1.0];

}

touchesBegin method :

UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
startPoint = [touch locationInView:self];
myPath=[[UIBezierPath alloc]init];
myPath.lineWidth = currentSliderValue*2;
dict_path = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];

touchesMoved Method:

UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
endPoint = [touch locationInView:self];

 [myPath removeAllPoints];
        [dict_path removeAllObjects];// remove prev object in dict (this dict is used for current drawing, All past drawings are managed by pathArry)

    // actual drawing
    [myPath moveToPoint:startPoint];
    [myPath addLineToPoint:endPoint];

    [dict_path setValue:myPath forKey:@"path"];
    [dict_path setValue:strokeColor forKey:@"color"];

    //                NSDictionary *tempDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary:dict_path];
    //                [pathArray addObject:tempDict];
    //                [dict_path removeAllObjects];
    [self setNeedsDisplay];

touchesEnded Method:

        NSDictionary *tempDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary:dict_path];
        [pathArray addObject:tempDict];
        [dict_path removeAllObjects];
        [self setNeedsDisplay];

Based on Guy Daher's answer.

I try to avoid using ? because it can cause an application crash if the GetCurrentContext() returns nil.

I would do nil check if statement:

class CustomView: UIView 
{    
    override func draw(_ rect: CGRect) 
    {
        super.draw(rect)
        if let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
        {
            context.setStrokeColor(UIColor.gray.cgColor)
            context.setLineWidth(1)
            context.move(to: CGPoint(x: 0, y: bounds.height))
            context.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: bounds.width, y: bounds.height))
            context.strokePath()
        }
    }
}

One other (and an even shorter) possibility. If you're inside drawRect, something like the following:

[[UIColor blackColor] setFill];
UIRectFill((CGRect){0,200,rect.size.width,1});

Add label without text and with background color corresponding frame size(ex:height=1). Do it through code or in interface builder.

Swift 3 and Swift 4

This is how you can draw a gray line at the end of your view (same idea as b123400's answer)

class CustomView: UIView {

    override func draw(_ rect: CGRect) {
        super.draw(rect)
        
        if let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext() {
            context.setStrokeColor(UIColor.gray.cgColor)
            context.setLineWidth(1)
            context.move(to: CGPoint(x: 0, y: bounds.height))
            context.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: bounds.width, y: bounds.height))
            context.strokePath()
        }
    }
}

Maybe this is a bit late, but I want to add that there is a better way. Using UIView is simple, but relatively slow. This method overrides how the view draws itself and is faster:

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
    [super drawRect:rect];

    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, [UIColor redColor].CGColor);

    // Draw them with a 2.0 stroke width so they are a bit more visible.
    CGContextSetLineWidth(context, 2.0f);

    CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 0.0f, 0.0f); //start at this point

    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 20.0f, 20.0f); //draw to this point

    // and now draw the Path!
    CGContextStrokePath(context);
}