Set Background Gradient on Button in Swift

Question

I have no idea how to set the background gradient on a button (without making the background gradient an image). This is so different from Android.

Here\'s a class I

Answer 1

There are already many answers there I want add what I did to achieve this. I use this custom Button GradientButton

import Foundation
import UIKit

class GradientButton: UIButton {

    let gradientColors : [UIColor]
    let startPoint : CGPoint
    let endPoint : CGPoint

    required init(gradientColors: [UIColor] = [UIColor.red, UIColor.blue],
                  startPoint: CGPoint = CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0.5),
                  endPoint: CGPoint = CGPoint(x: 1, y: 0.5)) {
        self.gradientColors = gradientColors
        self.startPoint = startPoint
        self.endPoint = endPoint

        super.init(frame: .zero)
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()

        let halfOfButtonHeight = layer.frame.height / 2
        contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 10, left: halfOfButtonHeight, bottom: 10, right: halfOfButtonHeight)

        layer.anchorPoint = CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 0.5)

        backgroundColor = UIColor.clear

        // setup gradient

        let gradient = CAGradientLayer()
        gradient.frame = bounds
        gradient.colors = gradientColors.map { $0.cgColor }
        gradient.startPoint = startPoint
        gradient.endPoint = endPoint
        gradient.cornerRadius = 4

        // replace gradient as needed
        if let oldGradient = layer.sublayers?[0] as? CAGradientLayer {
            layer.replaceSublayer(oldGradient, with: gradient)
        } else {
            layer.insertSublayer(gradient, below: nil)
        }

        // setup shadow

        layer.shadowColor = UIColor.darkGray.cgColor
        layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: bounds, cornerRadius: halfOfButtonHeight).cgPath
        layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0.0, height: 1.0)
        layer.shadowOpacity = 0.85
        layer.shadowRadius = 4.0
    }

    override var isHighlighted: Bool {
        didSet {
            let newOpacity : Float = isHighlighted ? 0.6 : 0.85
            let newRadius : CGFloat = isHighlighted ? 6.0 : 4.0

            let shadowOpacityAnimation = CABasicAnimation()
            shadowOpacityAnimation.keyPath = "shadowOpacity"
            shadowOpacityAnimation.fromValue = layer.shadowOpacity
            shadowOpacityAnimation.toValue = newOpacity
            shadowOpacityAnimation.duration = 0.1

            let shadowRadiusAnimation = CABasicAnimation()
            shadowRadiusAnimation.keyPath = "shadowRadius"
            shadowRadiusAnimation.fromValue = layer.shadowRadius
            shadowRadiusAnimation.toValue = newRadius
            shadowRadiusAnimation.duration = 0.1

            layer.add(shadowOpacityAnimation, forKey: "shadowOpacity")
            layer.add(shadowRadiusAnimation, forKey: "shadowRadius")

            layer.shadowOpacity = newOpacity
            layer.shadowRadius = newRadius

            let xScale : CGFloat = isHighlighted ? 1.025 : 1.0
            let yScale : CGFloat = isHighlighted ? 1.05 : 1.0
            UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.1) {
                let transformation = CGAffineTransform(scaleX: xScale, y: yScale)
                self.transform = transformation
            }
        }
    }
}

You can make GradientButton instance like this.

let button = GradientButton.init(gradientColors:[UIColor.black, UIColor.white], startPoint: CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0), endPoint: CGPoint(x: 0, y: 1))