add Shadow on UIView using swift 3

Question

prior swift 3 i was adding shadow in my UIView like this :

//toolbar is an UIToolbar (UIView)
toolbar.layer.masksToBounds = false
toolbar.layer.shadowOffset          


        

Answer 1

Very easy to use extension for UIView, editable directly from storyboard. Swift 4+

@IBDesignable extension UIView {
    @IBInspectable var shadowColor: UIColor?{
        set {
            guard let uiColor = newValue else { return }
            layer.shadowColor = uiColor.cgColor
        }
        get{
            guard let color = layer.shadowColor else { return nil }
            return UIColor(cgColor: color)
        }
    }

    @IBInspectable var shadowOpacity: Float{
        set {
            layer.shadowOpacity = newValue
        }
        get{
            return layer.shadowOpacity
        }
    }

    @IBInspectable var shadowOffset: CGSize{
        set {
            layer.shadowOffset = newValue
        }
        get{
            return layer.shadowOffset
        }
    }

    @IBInspectable var shadowRadius: CGFloat{
        set {
            layer.shadowRadius = newValue
        }
        get{
            return layer.shadowRadius
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

loginView.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0

Answer 3

I will suggest you to use below the library because it allows you to set default values in one file and you can use it everywhere in the project without making one line of change. https://github.com/Shahbaz89khan/ShadowView

Answer 4

Shadow using UIView Extension Swift 4

I would like to add one more line with selected answer! When we rasterizing the layer, It needs to be set to 2.0 for retina displays. Otherwise label text or images on that view will be blurry. So we need to add rasterizationScale also.

  extension UIView {

    func dropShadow() {
        layer.masksToBounds = false
        layer.shadowColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
        layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5
        layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: -1, height: 1)
        layer.shadowRadius = 1
        layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath(rect: self.bounds).cgPath
        layer.shouldRasterize = true
        layer.rasterizationScale = UIScreen.main.scale
    }
}

Answer 5

If you want to use it as a IBInspectable property for your views you can add this extension

import UIKit

extension UIView {

    private static var _addShadow:Bool = false

    @IBInspectable var addShadow:Bool {
        get {
            return UIView._addShadow
        }
        set(newValue) {
            if(newValue == true){
                layer.masksToBounds = false
                layer.shadowColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
                layer.shadowOpacity = 0.075
                layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: -3)
                layer.shadowRadius = 1

                layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath(rect: bounds).cgPath
                layer.shouldRasterize = true
                layer.rasterizationScale =  UIScreen.main.scale
            }
        }
    }

}

Answer 6

Applies shadow over the View

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func applyShadowOnView(_ view:UIView) {

        view.layer.cornerRadius = 8
        view.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.darkGray.cgColor
        view.layer.shadowOpacity = 1
        view.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize.zero
        view.layer.shadowRadius = 5

}