View with low alpha - Subview with high alpha

Question

I have a UIView with an alpha of .5 I have added a subview with an alpha of 1.

The subview seems to inherit the alpha value of the parent. Is there a w

Answer 1

Set the inputPrompt's background color's alpha not its alpha directly.

[inputPrompt setBackgroundColor:[[UIColor darkGrayColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:0.5]];
//[inputPrompt setAlpha: .5];