How can I make a UIView glossy and shiny?

Question

I'm coding an iPhone app annd I currently have a View that looks like this:

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I'm wondering if there is a way to make it shiny and glossy like the Phone.app call screen.

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you're looking to draw glossy gradients on UIViews, I provide some code in this answer to do that.

Going beyond that, I have published the source code for a sample application which shows how to draw even more polished glossy buttons and how to replicate the glossy highlights that Apple uses in some of the built-in user interface elements (in this case, I replicate UIAlertView's style).

This application was written for the class I teach on advanced iPhone development, for which the course notes are available here in VoodooPad format. The section on Quartz 2D explains how this drawing code works.