Is there a way to make gradient background color in the interface builder?

Question

For my application I\'m using a TableView and using customized UITableViewCells.

I customized my cells via interface builder, not programmatically. Is there a way to als

Answer 1

Based on etayluz answer I changed the code a little bit by taking the layerClass property of a UIView into account, so you do not need a separate layer as a sublayer.

I think it is much cleaner and it also works with live updates in the Interface Builder.

@IBDesignable final class GradientView: UIView {

    @IBInspectable var startColor: UIColor = UIColor.red
    @IBInspectable var endColor: UIColor = UIColor.blue

    override class var layerClass: AnyClass {
        get {
            return CAGradientLayer.self
        }
    }

    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)
        setupGradient()
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
        setupGradient()
    }

    private func setupGradient() {
        let gradient = self.layer as! CAGradientLayer
        gradient.colors = [startColor.cgColor, endColor.cgColor]
    }

}