How to add a drop shadow to a UIButton?

Question

I would like to add a drop shadow to a UIButton. I tried to use self.layer.shadow* properties. Those properties work in UIView, but they behave differently in UIButton. I wo

Answer 1

You can subclass UIButton and overwrite the drawRect: method and add manually a drop shadow. That's much more work and you should now a few things about quartz 2d, but the result is exactly what you want. Otherwise you could just add an image, but I prefere to subclass UIButton, because it is very flexible regarding the size of the button, it's more general.