Add a CALayer as sublayer centered inside an UIView

Question

I'm developing an iOS application with latest SDK.

I want to add a CALayer inside an UIView and this CALayer will be smaller than the UIView. I want to simulate some kind of margin.

static int const NSLayerX       = 0;
static int const NSLayerY       = 0;
static int const NSLayerWidth   = 60;
static int const NSLayerHeight  = 60;

- (void)setBackgroundLayer:(UIColor*)startColor endColor:(UIColor*)endColor cornerRadius:(int)radius
{
    backgroundGradientLayer  = [CAGradientLayer layer];
    backgroundGradientLayer.frame = CGRectMake(NSLayerX, NSLayerY, NSLayerWidth, NSLayerHeight);
    backgroundGradientLayer.cornerRadius = radius;
    backgroundGradientLayer.colors =
    [NSArray arrayWithObjects:(id)[startColor CGColor], (id)[endColor CGColor], nil];
    [self.layer insertSublayer:backgroundGradientLayer atIndex:0];
}

But I don't know how to set it centered.

Do I have to change values for NSLayerX and NSLayerY?

Answer 1

Assign frame of the layer as following.

backgroundGradientLayer.frame = CGRectMake(self.frame.size.width/4,  self.frame.size.height/4, self.frame.size.width/2, self.frame.size.height/2);