Unity simple UI line renderer

UILineRenderer.cs

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class UILineRenderer : Graphic
{
	[SerializeField] Texture m_Texture;
	[SerializeField] Rect m_UVRect = new Rect(0f, 0f, 1f, 1f);

	public float LineThickness = 2;
	public bool UseMargins;
	public Vector2 Margin;
	public Vector2[] Points;
	public bool relativeSize;

	public override Texture mainTexture
	{
		get
		{
			return m_Texture == null ? s_WhiteTexture : m_Texture;
		}
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// Texture to be used.
	/// </summary>
	public Texture texture
	{
		get
		{
			return m_Texture;
		}
		set
		{
			if (m_Texture == value)
				return;

			m_Texture = value;
			SetVerticesDirty();
			SetMaterialDirty();
		}
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// UV rectangle used by the texture.
	/// </summary>
	public Rect uvRect
	{
		get
		{
			return m_UVRect;
		}
		set
		{
			if (m_UVRect == value)
				return;
			m_UVRect = value;
			SetVerticesDirty();
		}
	}

	protected override void OnFillVBO(List<UIVertex> vbo)
	{
		// requires sets of quads
		if (Points == null || Points.Length < 2)
			Points = new[] { new Vector2(0, 0), new Vector2(1, 1) };
		var capSize = 24;
		var sizeX = rectTransform.rect.width;
		var sizeY = rectTransform.rect.height;
		var offsetX = -rectTransform.pivot.x * rectTransform.rect.width;
		var offsetY = -rectTransform.pivot.y * rectTransform.rect.height;

		// don't want to scale based on the size of the rect, so this is switchable now
		if (!relativeSize)
		{
			sizeX = 1;
			sizeY = 1;
		}
		// build a new set of points taking into account the cap sizes. 
		// would be cool to support corners too, but that might be a bit tough :)
		var pointList = new List<Vector2> ();
		pointList.Add (Points [0]);
		var capPoint = Points [0] + (Points [1] - Points [0]).normalized * capSize;
		pointList.Add (capPoint);

		// should bail before the last point to add another cap point
		for (int i = 1; i < Points.Length-1; i++)
		{
			pointList.Add (Points [i]);
		}
		capPoint = Points [Points.Length-1] - (Points [Points.Length-1] - Points [Points.Length-2]).normalized * capSize;
		pointList.Add (capPoint);
		pointList.Add (Points [Points.Length - 1]);

		var TempPoints = pointList.ToArray ();
		if (UseMargins)
		{
			sizeX -= Margin.x;
			sizeY -= Margin.y;
			offsetX += Margin.x/2f;
			offsetY += Margin.y/2f;
		}

		vbo.Clear();

		Vector2 prevV1 = Vector2.zero;
		Vector2 prevV2 = Vector2.zero;

		for (int i = 1; i < TempPoints.Length; i++)
		{
			var prev = TempPoints[i - 1];
			var cur = TempPoints[i];
			prev = new Vector2(prev.x * sizeX + offsetX, prev.y * sizeY + offsetY);
			cur = new Vector2(cur.x * sizeX + offsetX, cur.y * sizeY + offsetY);

			float angle = Mathf.Atan2(cur.y - prev.y, cur.x - prev.x) * 180f / Mathf.PI;

			var v1 = prev + new Vector2(0, -LineThickness / 2);
			var v2 = prev + new Vector2(0, +LineThickness / 2);
			var v3 = cur + new Vector2(0, +LineThickness / 2);
			var v4 = cur + new Vector2(0, -LineThickness / 2);

			v1 = RotatePointAroundPivot(v1, prev, new Vector3(0, 0, angle));
			v2 = RotatePointAroundPivot(v2, prev, new Vector3(0, 0, angle));
			v3 = RotatePointAroundPivot(v3, cur, new Vector3(0, 0, angle));
			v4 = RotatePointAroundPivot(v4, cur, new Vector3(0, 0, angle));

			Vector2 uvTopLeft = Vector2.zero;
			Vector2 uvBottomLeft = new Vector2(0, 1);

			Vector2 uvTopCenter = new Vector2(0.5f, 0);
			Vector2 uvBottomCenter = new Vector2(0.5f, 1);

			Vector2 uvTopRight = new Vector2(1, 0);
			Vector2 uvBottomRight = new Vector2(1, 1);

			Vector2[] uvs = new[]{ uvTopCenter,uvBottomCenter,uvBottomCenter,uvTopCenter };

			if (i > 1)
				SetVbo(vbo, new[] { prevV1, prevV2, v1, v2 }, uvs);

			if(i==1)
				uvs = new[]{ uvTopLeft,uvBottomLeft,uvBottomCenter,uvTopCenter };
			else if(i==TempPoints.Length-1)
				uvs = new[]{uvTopCenter,uvBottomCenter, uvBottomRight, uvTopRight };

			SetVbo(vbo, new[] { v1, v2, v3, v4 }, uvs);


			prevV1 = v3;
			prevV2 = v4;
		}
	}

	protected void SetVbo(List<UIVertex> vbo, Vector2[] vertices, Vector2[] uvs)
	{
		for (int i = 0; i < vertices.Length; i++)
		{
			var vert = UIVertex.simpleVert;
			vert.color = color;
			vert.position = vertices[i];
			vert.uv0 = uvs [i];
			vbo.Add(vert);
		}
	}

	public Vector3 RotatePointAroundPivot(Vector3 point, Vector3 pivot, Vector3 angles)
	{
		Vector3 dir = point - pivot; // get point direction relative to pivot
		dir = Quaternion.Euler(angles)*dir; // rotate it
		point = dir + pivot; // calculate rotated point
		return point; // return it
	}
}

it doesn’t work it just shows a rectangle

Thank you for this CGPala,

For anyone coming across this in the future, I've trial-and-error'ed my way to a solution that uses the new OnPopulateMesh(VertexHelper) method. It works for me, but it may not work for you.
https://gist.github.com/eldonwilliams/4d4d014416578e7a990834c512f75cec

If you're a whizz with render stuff please improve my code! I just hacked it together and would love a better solution :)