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Hello everyone. I'm trying to add a gradient on this cutout path, but with no success.

```Box(
    modifier =
    Modifier.fillMaxSize().drawBehind {
        
        val rectPath = Path().apply { addRect(Rect(0f, 0f, size.width, size.height)) }
        
        val cutoutPath =
            Path().apply {
                addOval(
                    Rect(
                        -radius + size.width / 2,
                        -radius,
                        radius + size.width / 2,
                        radius))
            }

        // Clip the half-circle cutout and fill the box background
        clipPath(
            Path().apply {
                addPath(rectPath)
                addPath(cutoutPath)
                fillType = PathFillType.EvenOdd
            }) {
            drawRect(surfaceColor)
        }
    }) {
    
}```
The code I used to create a cutout

Are you using `clipPath` to clip the grid of images or are you using it to clip the gray area?

(either way, you don't need the two intermediate `Path` objects btw, just `addRect`/`addOval` to your `clipPath` directly

The more efficient way to do this would be to just draw the gray area as a `Path` directly. I don't think you need a `clipPath` at all.

I'm using clipPath to clip the top part of gray area so that the grid is visible behind it

(you can create the shape by subtracting an oval from a rect using Path boolean ops)

Thank you!, I've just changed
```val resultPath = Path().apply {
op(rectPath, cutoutPath, PathOperation.Difference)```
It works, but how can I add a fading effect to the edge of that shape?

You can't do one that follows the normal of the edge

You can however draw it with a linear gradient

That might be close enough to what you want

(there is a way on Android but it's not easy, you'd need to use drawVertices/drawBitmapMesh)