UWP Composition API: Rounded Corners?

Question

I'm struggling to figure out to to create rounded corners of content using Composition API. This is where I'm at, any help would be much appreciated:

void CreateRoundedCorners(Vector2 cornerRadius, CompositionSurfaceBrush imageSourceBrush, SpriteVisual targetVisual)
{
    CompositionRoundedRectangleGeometry roundedRectangle = _compositor.CreateRoundedRectangleGeometry();
    roundedRectangle.Size = new Vector2(;
    roundedRectangle.CornerRadius = cornerRadius;

    CompositionSpriteShape spriteShape = _compositor.CreateSpriteShape(roundedRectangle);
    spriteShape.FillBrush = _compositor.CreateColorBrush(Colors.Black);
    spriteShape.CenterPoint = new Vector2(_imageSize.X / 2, _imageSize.Y / 2);

    ShapeVisual spriteShapeVisual = _compositor.CreateShapeVisual();
    spriteShapeVisual.Size = _imageSize;
    spriteShapeVisual.Shapes.Add(spriteShape);

    CompositionMaskBrush maskBrush = _compositor.CreateMaskBrush();
    maskBrush.Source = imageSourceBrush;
    maskBrush.Mask = null; // How do I get the rectangle shape in here?

    targetVisual.Brush = maskBrush;
}

Answer 1

I have figured out a solution. Creating a CompositionVisualSurface, adding the ShapeVisual to it, and creating a CompositionSurfaceBrush from that to use as the Mask source.

void CreateRoundedCorners(Vector2 cornerRadius, CompositionBrush imageSourceBrush, SpriteVisual targetVisual)
{
    CompositionRoundedRectangleGeometry roundedRectangle =_compositor.CreateRoundedRectangleGeometry();
    roundedRectangle.Size = _imageSize;
    roundedRectangle.CornerRadius = cornerRadius;

    CompositionSpriteShape spriteShape = _compositor.CreateSpriteShape(roundedRectangle);
    spriteShape.FillBrush = _compositor.CreateColorBrush(Colors.Black);
    spriteShape.CenterPoint = new Vector2(_imageSize.X / 2, _imageSize.Y / 2);

    ShapeVisual spriteShapeVisual = _compositor.CreateShapeVisual();
    spriteShapeVisual.BorderMode = CompositionBorderMode.Soft;
    spriteShapeVisual.Size = _imageSize;
    spriteShapeVisual.Shapes.Add(spriteShape);

    CompositionVisualSurface surface = _compositor.CreateVisualSurface();
    surface.SourceSize = _imageSize;
    surface.SourceVisual = spriteShapeVisual;

    CompositionMaskBrush maskBrush = _compositor.CreateMaskBrush();
    maskBrush.Source = imageSourceBrush;
    maskBrush.Mask = _compositor.CreateSurfaceBrush(surface);

    targetVisual.Brush = maskBrush;
}

EDIT: A mask can also be obtained from a Shape but only if it's already in the visual tree:

Windows.UI.Xaml.Shapes.Shape rect = new Rectangle();
CompositionBrush mask = rect.GetAlphaMask();

Answer 2

UWP Composition API: Rounded Corners?

For your requirement, you could use SetElementChildVisual method to add the CompositionRoundedRectangleGeometry to current page.

For example:

private void Page_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    var visual = ElementCompositionPreview.GetElementVisual(this);
    var compositor = visual.Compositor;
  
    CompositionRoundedRectangleGeometry roundedRectangle = compositor.CreateRoundedRectangleGeometry();
    roundedRectangle.Size = new Vector2(200, 200);
    roundedRectangle.CornerRadius = new Vector2(30,30);

    CompositionSpriteShape spriteShape = compositor.CreateSpriteShape(roundedRectangle);
    spriteShape.FillBrush = compositor.CreateColorBrush(Colors.Blue);
    spriteShape.CenterPoint = new Vector2(100, 100);

    ShapeVisual spriteShapeVisual = compositor.CreateShapeVisual();
    spriteShapeVisual.Size = new Vector2(200, 200); 
    
    spriteShapeVisual.Shapes.Clear();
    spriteShapeVisual.Shapes.Add(spriteShape);
  
    ElementCompositionPreview.SetElementChildVisual(this, spriteShapeVisual);
}