Drawing Actors with Core Graphics via VectorRepresentation
The Core Graphics library is interesting because it is not a vector graphics library (like SVG), but it is excellent at rasterizing vector data structures. This makes a lot of sense if you consider that Core Graphics was originally based on PDF. Core Graphics is a great library for rendering high-quality graphics in a resolution-independent way. What this means for us is that our code will not be specifying which pixel is which color, but instead will be describing shapes and how they should be filled. Core Graphics is also known as Quartz. A complete description of the available drawing functions can he found here: http://goo.gl/6i5gr
In iOS a UIView can specify how it is drawn by overriding ...
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