How to control shadow spread and blur?

Question

I have designed UI elements in sketch, and one of them has a shadow with blur 1 and spread 0. I looked at the doc for the views layer property and layer doesnt have anything

Answer 1

I really like the answer posted here and suggestions in the comments. This is how I modified that solution:

extension UIView {
  func applyShadow(color: UIColor, alpha: Float, x: CGFloat, y: CGFloat, blur: CGFloat, spread: CGFloat) {
    layer.masksToBounds = false
    layer.shadowColor = color.cgColor
    layer.shadowOpacity = alpha
    layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: x, height: y)
    layer.shadowRadius = blur / UIScreen.main.scale
    if spread == 0 {
      layer.shadowPath = nil
    } else {
      let dx = -spread
      let rect = bounds.insetBy(dx: dx, dy: dx)
      layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath(rect: rect).cgPath
    }
  }
}

USAGE:

myButton.applyShadow(color: .black, alpha: 0.2, x: 0, y: 1, blur: 2, spread: 0)