Adding blur effect to background in swift

Question

I am setting a background image to view controller. But also i want to add blur effect to this background. How can I do this?

I am setting background with following

Answer 1

This Code is Working Fine For me! its for Swift 4.x

let blurEffect = UIBlurEffect(style: .ExtraLight)
let blurEffectView = UIVisualEffectView(effect: blurEffect)
blurEffectView.frame = self.view.frame
self.view.insertSubview(blurEffectView, atIndex: 0)