How can I make a button have a rounded border in Swift?

Question

I\'m building an app using swift in the latest version of Xcode 6, and would like to know how I can modify my button so that it can have a rounded border that I could adjust mys

Answer 1

This class is based from all the comments and suggestions in answers, and also can be designable directly from xcode. Copy to your project and insert any UIButton and change to use custom class, now just select border or background color from xcode for normal and/or highlighted states.

//
//  RoundedButton.swift
//

import UIKit

@IBDesignable
class RoundedButton:UIButton {

    @IBInspectable var borderWidth: CGFloat = 0 {
        didSet {
            layer.borderWidth = borderWidth
        }
    }
    //Normal state bg and border
    @IBInspectable var normalBorderColor: UIColor? {
        didSet {
            layer.borderColor = normalBorderColor?.CGColor
        }
    }

    @IBInspectable var normalBackgroundColor: UIColor? {
        didSet {
            setBgColorForState(normalBackgroundColor, forState: .Normal)
        }
    }


    //Highlighted state bg and border
    @IBInspectable var highlightedBorderColor: UIColor?

    @IBInspectable var highlightedBackgroundColor: UIColor? {
        didSet {
            setBgColorForState(highlightedBackgroundColor, forState: .Highlighted)
        }
    }


    private func setBgColorForState(color: UIColor?, forState: UIControlState){
        if color != nil {
            setBackgroundImage(UIImage.imageWithColor(color!), forState: forState)

        } else {
            setBackgroundImage(nil, forState: forState)
        }
    }

    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()

        layer.cornerRadius = layer.frame.height / 2
        clipsToBounds = true

        if borderWidth > 0 {
            if state == .Normal && !CGColorEqualToColor(layer.borderColor, normalBorderColor?.CGColor) {
                layer.borderColor = normalBorderColor?.CGColor
            } else if state == .Highlighted && highlightedBorderColor != nil{
                layer.borderColor = highlightedBorderColor!.CGColor
            }
        }
    }

}

//Extension Required by RoundedButton to create UIImage from UIColor
extension UIImage {
    class func imageWithColor(color: UIColor) -> UIImage {
        let rect: CGRect = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1, 1)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(CGSizeMake(1, 1), false, 1.0)
        color.setFill()
        UIRectFill(rect)
        let image: UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return image
    }
}