Swift draw shadow to a uibezier path

Question

I have a strange question. Even though I did read a lot of tutorials on how to do this, the final result only shows the bezier line, not any shadow whatsoever. My code is

Answer 1

I prefer the way to add a shadow-sublayer. You can easily use the following function (Swift 3.0):

func createShadowLayer() -> CALayer {
    let shadowLayer = CALayer()
    shadowLayer.shadowColor = UIColor.red.cgColor
    shadowLayer.shadowOffset = CGSize.zero
    shadowLayer.shadowRadius = 5.0
    shadowLayer.shadowOpacity = 0.8
    shadowLayer.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
    return shadowLayer
}

And finally, you just add it to your line path (CAShapeLayer):

let line = CAShapeLayer()
let path = UIBezierPath()
path.move(to: CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0))
path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: 50, y: 100))
path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: 100, y: 50))
line.path = path.cgPath
line.strokeColor = UIColor.blue.cgColor
line.fillColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
line.lineWidth = 2.0
view.layer.addSublayer(line)

let shadowSubLayer = createShadowLayer()
shadowSubLayer.insertSublayer(line, at: 0)
view.layer.addSublayer(shadowSubLayer)