Swift - Problems with corner radius and drop shadow

Question

I\'m trying to create a button with rounded corners and a drop shadow. No matter how I switch up, the button will not display correctly. I\

Answer 1

To improve PiterPan's answer and show a real shadow (not just a background with no blur) with a circular button in Swift 3:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    myButton.layer.masksToBounds = false
    myButton.layer.cornerRadius = myButton.frame.height/2
    myButton.clipsToBounds = true
}

override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
    addShadowForRoundedButton(view: self.view, button: myButton, opacity: 0.5)
}

func addShadowForRoundedButton(view: UIView, button: UIButton, opacity: Float = 1) {
    let shadowView = UIView()
    shadowView.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
    shadowView.layer.opacity = opacity
    shadowView.layer.shadowRadius = 5
    shadowView.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.35
    shadowView.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 0)
    shadowView.layer.cornerRadius = button.bounds.size.width / 2
    shadowView.frame = CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: button.frame.origin.x, y: button.frame.origin.y), size: CGSize(width: button.bounds.width, height: button.bounds.height))
    self.view.addSubview(shadowView)
    view.bringSubview(toFront: button)
}

Answer 2

The following Swift 5 / iOS 12 code shows how to set a subclass of UIButton that allows to create instances with rounded corners and shadow around it:

import UIKit

final class CustomButton: UIButton {

    private var shadowLayer: CAShapeLayer!

    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()

        if shadowLayer == nil {
            shadowLayer = CAShapeLayer()
            shadowLayer.path = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: bounds, cornerRadius: 12).cgPath
            shadowLayer.fillColor = UIColor.white.cgColor

            shadowLayer.shadowColor = UIColor.darkGray.cgColor
            shadowLayer.shadowPath = shadowLayer.path
            shadowLayer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 2.0, height: 2.0)
            shadowLayer.shadowOpacity = 0.8
            shadowLayer.shadowRadius = 2

            layer.insertSublayer(shadowLayer, at: 0)
            //layer.insertSublayer(shadowLayer, below: nil) // also works
        }        
    }

}

According to your needs, you may add a UIButton in your Storyboard and set its class to CustomButton or you may create an instance of CustomButton programmatically. The following UIViewController implementation shows how to create and use a CustomButton instance programmatically:

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        let button = CustomButton(type: .system)
        button.setTitle("Button", for: .normal)
        view.addSubview(button)

        button.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        let horizontalConstraint = button.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor)
        let verticalConstraint = button.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerYAnchor)        
        let widthConstraint = button.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 100)
        let heightConstraint = button.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 100)
        NSLayoutConstraint.activate([horizontalConstraint, verticalConstraint, widthConstraint, heightConstraint])
    }

}

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The previous code produces the image below in the iPhone simulator:

Answer 3

An alternative way to get more usable and consistent button.

Swift 2:

func getImageWithColor(color: UIColor, size: CGSize, cornerRadius:CGFloat) -> UIImage {
    let rect = CGRectMake(0, 0, size.width, size.height)
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, 1)
    UIBezierPath(
        roundedRect: rect,
        cornerRadius: cornerRadius
        ).addClip()
    color.setFill()
    UIRectFill(rect)
    let image: UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    return image
}

let button = UIButton(type: .Custom)
button.frame = CGRectMake(20, 20, 200, 50)
button.setTitle("My Button", forState: UIControlState.Normal)
button.setTitleColor(UIColor.blackColor(), forState: UIControlState.Normal)
self.addSubview(button)

let image = getImageWithColor(UIColor.whiteColor(), size: button.frame.size, cornerRadius: 5)
button.setBackgroundImage(image, forState: UIControlState.Normal)

button.layer.shadowRadius = 5
button.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.blackColor().CGColor
button.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5
button.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, 1)
button.layer.masksToBounds = false

Swift 3:

func getImageWithColor(_ color: UIColor, size: CGSize, cornerRadius:CGFloat) -> UIImage? {
    let rect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height)
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, 0)
    color.setFill()
    UIBezierPath(roundedRect: rect, cornerRadius: cornerRadius).addClip()
    color.setFill()
    UIRectFill(rect)
    let image: UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    return image
}

let button = UIButton(type: .custom)
button.frame = CGRect(x:20, y:20, width:200, height:50)
button.setTitle("My Button", for: .normal)
button.setTitleColor(UIColor.black, for: .normal)
self.addSubview(button)

if let image = getImageWithColor(UIColor.white, size: button.frame.size, cornerRadius: 5) {
    button.setBackgroundImage(image, for: .normal)
}

button.layer.shadowRadius = 5
button.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
button.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5
button.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width:0, height:1)
button.layer.masksToBounds = false

Answer 4

Here is the solution that will work!

extension UIView {

    func applyShadowWithCornerRadius(color:UIColor, opacity:Float, radius: CGFloat, edge:AIEdge, shadowSpace:CGFloat)    {

        var sizeOffset:CGSize = CGSize.zero
        switch edge {
        case .Top:
            sizeOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: -shadowSpace)
        case .Left:
            sizeOffset = CGSize(width: -shadowSpace, height: 0)
        case .Bottom:
            sizeOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: shadowSpace)
        case .Right:
            sizeOffset = CGSize(width: shadowSpace, height: 0)


        case .Top_Left:
            sizeOffset = CGSize(width: -shadowSpace, height: -shadowSpace)
        case .Top_Right:
            sizeOffset = CGSize(width: shadowSpace, height: -shadowSpace)
        case .Bottom_Left:
            sizeOffset = CGSize(width: -shadowSpace, height: shadowSpace)
        case .Bottom_Right:
            sizeOffset = CGSize(width: shadowSpace, height: shadowSpace)


        case .All:
            sizeOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 0)
        case .None:
            sizeOffset = CGSize.zero
        }

        self.layer.cornerRadius = self.frame.size.height / 2
        self.layer.masksToBounds = true;

        self.layer.shadowColor = color.cgColor
        self.layer.shadowOpacity = opacity
        self.layer.shadowOffset = sizeOffset
        self.layer.shadowRadius = radius
        self.layer.masksToBounds = false

        self.layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath(roundedRect:self.bounds, cornerRadius:self.layer.cornerRadius).cgPath
    }
}

enum AIEdge:Int {
    case
    Top,
    Left,
    Bottom,
    Right,
    Top_Left,
    Top_Right,
    Bottom_Left,
    Bottom_Right,
    All,
    None
}

Finally, to apply shadow with corner radius call as per below:

viewRounded.applyShadowWithCornerRadius(color: .gray, opacity: 1, radius: 15, edge: AIEdge.All, shadowSpace: 15)

Result Image

UPDATE: If you don't see the expected output then try calling the extension method from Main Thread, that will work for sure!

DispatchQueue.main.async {
    viewRounded.applyShadowWithCornerRadius(color: .gray, opacity: 1, radius: 15, edge: AIEdge.All, shadowSpace: 15)
}

Answer 5

Corner Radius with Shadow

Short and simple way !!!!!

extension CALayer {
    func applyCornerRadiusShadow(
        color: UIColor = .black,
        alpha: Float = 0.5,
        x: CGFloat = 0,
        y: CGFloat = 2,
        blur: CGFloat = 4,
        spread: CGFloat = 0,
        cornerRadiusValue: CGFloat = 0)
    {
        cornerRadius = cornerRadiusValue
        shadowColor = color.cgColor
        shadowOpacity = alpha
        shadowOffset = CGSize(width: x, height: y)
        shadowRadius = blur / 2.0
        if spread == 0 {
            shadowPath = nil
        } else {
            let dx = -spread
            let rect = bounds.insetBy(dx: dx, dy: dx)
            shadowPath = UIBezierPath(rect: rect).cgPath
        }
    }

Use of code

btn.layer.applyCornerRadiusShadow(color: .black, 
                            alpha: 0.38, 
                            x: 0, y: 3, 
                            blur: 10, 
                            spread: 0, 
                            cornerRadiusValue: 24)

No need maskToBound

Please verify clipsToBounds is false.

OUTPUT

Answer 6

Extension to drop shadow and corner radius

extension UIView {

func dropShadow(color: UIColor, opacity: Float = 0.5, offSet: CGSize, shadowRadius: CGFloat = 1, scale: Bool = true, cornerRadius: CGFloat) {
    let shadowLayer = CAShapeLayer()
    shadowLayer.path = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: bounds, cornerRadius: cornerRadius).cgPath
    shadowLayer.fillColor = UIColor.white.cgColor
    shadowLayer.shadowColor = color.cgColor
    shadowLayer.shadowPath = shadowLayer.path
    shadowLayer.shadowOffset = offSet
    shadowLayer.shadowOpacity = opacity
    shadowLayer.shadowRadius = shadowRadius
    layer.insertSublayer(shadowLayer, at: 0)
}

}