Adding a CGGradient as sublayer to UILabel hides the text of label

Question

I want to add the gradient as a background to label. I used the following code to acheive that. but the problem is that though the gradient color appears on the label, but t

Answer 1

One more additional think to correct answer. If you are use autolayouts for place your custom view you can get this problem - http://prntscr.com/5tj7bx

So your view has a different size then subView - UILabel and subLayer - gradient layer.

I solve this problem by add one method

class wResultView: UIView {
var label = UILabel()
var gradientLayer = CAGradientLayer()

override func layoutSubviews() {
    gradientLayer.frame = self.bounds
    label.frame = self.bounds
}
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