Interlude 4 - A Rounded Border Class (Updated 17/01/16)

Interlude 4.1 Yes it is a bit of a Hack...

For our splash screen Tutorial we wanted to include a nice rounded border. To that end the following extends the roundRect() function that we have used in previous tutorials (to create a button). There are much more elegant ways to achieve this (e.g. using a mesh) but this has the advantage of simplicity. Once we have covered meshes we will rewrite this class. Another alternative would be to extend the roundRect() function to include a variable which determines if the roundRect is filled or not.

Interlude 4.2 The Rounded Border Class

This class relies on the roundRect() function, so you must include that to use RoundBorder(). The concept is very simple. We just draw two rounded rectangles, one inside the other. The inner rectangle is smaller by a factor of borderWidth. The larger rectangle is drawn using the borderColour and the inner using the fillColour.

RoundBorder = class()

function RoundBorder:init(x, y, w, h, borderWidth, borderColour, fillColour)

    -- you can accept and set parameters here
    -- Set dimensions of the outer "border" round rectangle

    self.x = x
    self.y = y
    self.w = w
    self.h = h
    self.r = 30

    self.borderWidth = borderWidth
    self.borderColour = borderColour
    self.fillColour = fillColour
    
    -- Set dimensions of the inner "background" round rectangle

    inX = self.x + self.borderWidth
    inY = self.y + self.borderWidth
    inW = self.w - 2 * self.borderWidth
    inH = self.h - 2 * self.borderWidth
end

function RoundBorder:draw()
    -- Codea does not automatically call this method
    -- Do the right thing and save the graphic context
    
    pushStyle()
    
    -- Start by drawing the outer Rounded Rectangle, this will become the border.
    
    fill(self.borderColour)
    roundRect(self.x, self.y, self.w, self.h, self.r)
    
    -- Then draw the inner rectangle using the fill colour
    
    fill(self.fillColour)
    roundRect(inX, inY, inW, inH, self.r)
    
    -- Return the graphic context to the way it was when entering this function
    
    popStyle()
end