I am trying to add a drop shadow to a UImageView

Question

I am trying to add a drop shadow to a UIImage view. I get a shadow but it is clipped to the edges of the image view and I am not sure why since I correctly set the uiimageview.c

Answer 1

I believe the CGContextRef you're passed also has clipping set, to prevent basically this exact behavior. You might want to try just adding a CALayer:

CALayer                         *layer = [CALayer layer];
CGRect                          bounds = self.bounds;

layer.bounds = bounds;
layer.position = CGPointMake(bounds.size.width / 2 + 5, bounds.size.height / 2 + 5);
layer.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite: 0.10 alpha: 0.75].CGColor;
layer.zPosition = -5;

[self.layer addSublayer: layer];