Add text to CALayer

Question

Is it possible to add a UILabel to a CALayer without subclassing and drawing it in drawInContext:?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Just to document my approach, I did it like this in Swift 4+ :

let textlayer = CATextLayer()

textlayer.frame = CGRect(x: 20, y: 20, width: 200, height: 18)
textlayer.fontSize = 12
textlayer.alignmentMode = .center
textlayer.string = stringValue
textlayer.isWrapped = true
textlayer.truncationMode = .end
textlayer.backgroundColor = UIColor.white.cgColor
textlayer.foregroundColor = UIColor.black.cgColor

caLayer.addSublayer(textlayer) // caLayer is and instance of parent CALayer