How to draw a custom UIView that is just a circle – iPhone app
You could use QuartzCore and do something this — self.circleView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10,20,100,100)]; self.circleView.alpha = 0.5; self.circleView.layer.cornerRadius = 50; // half the width/height self.circleView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];