Text Shadow - iOS, swift 3.0

Question

I'm trying to make shadow size a bit bigger but I can't do it.

so far:

findAPlace.titleLabel?.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: -1, height: 1)
findAPlace.titleLabel?.layer.shouldRasterize = true
findAPlace.titleLabel?.layer.shadowRadius = 1
findAPlace.titleLabel?.layer.shadowOpacity = 1
findAPlace.titleLabel?.layer.shadowColor = UIColor(red:0.07, green:0.07, blue:0.07, alpha:1.0).cgColor

how to scale shadow to be bigger than the text itself?

something like this.

Maybe with a border can be done, My text is the title of a UIButton!!!I expect it to be all around text of the uiButton

Answer 1

You can do in this way

Actually You need to use setTitleShadowColor instead of titleLabel?.layer.shadowColor

Here is full working code

    let btnTemp = UIButton(type: .custom)
    btnTemp.frame = CGRect(x: 50, y: 200, width: 150, height: 40)
    btnTemp.setTitle("Hello", for: .normal)
    btnTemp.titleLabel?.layer.shouldRasterize = true
    btnTemp.titleLabel?.layer.shadowRadius = 1.0
    btnTemp.titleLabel?.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
    btnTemp.setTitleColor(UIColor.blue, for: .normal)
    btnTemp.backgroundColor = UIColor.gray
    btnTemp.titleLabel?.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: -1, height: 1)
    btnTemp.setTitleShadowColor(UIColor(red:0.07, green:0.07, blue:0.07, alpha:1.0), for: .normal)
    self.view.addSubview(btnTemp)

Hope it helps

Output: