Star Rating View on iOS with UIKit

Detailed step-by-step guide to creating Star Rating View on iOS

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In this tutorial, we’ll create a customizable star rating view using UIKit. This will involve creating a custom control that displays stars, allows user interaction, and updates its appearance based on the rating provided. We’ll use a combination of custom views, layout management, and touch handling to achieve this.

Let’s get started!

Step 1: Create the StarView Class

First, let’s start with the implementation of the StarView which will handle the appearance of individual stars based on whether they are selected or unselected.

import UIKit

class StarView: UIView {
    
    // ImageView to display the star
    private let imageView = UIImageView()
    
    // Images for selected and unselected states
    private let selectedImage: UIImage
    private let unselectedImage: UIImage

    init() {
        selectedImage =…