Adding rounded corner and drop shadow to UICollectionViewCell

Question

So I already went through various posts on adding 2nd view for adding shadow, but I still cannot get it to work if I want to add it in UICollectionViewCell. I s

Answer 1

I had to make some slight changes for Swift:

cell.contentView.layer.cornerRadius = 2.0;
cell.contentView.layer.borderWidth = 1.0;
cell.contentView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.clearColor().CGColor;
cell.contentView.layer.masksToBounds = true;

cell.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.grayColor().CGColor;
cell.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, 2.0);
cell.layer.shadowRadius = 2.0;
cell.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0;
cell.layer.masksToBounds = false;
cell.layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath(roundedRect:cell.bounds, cornerRadius:cell.contentView.layer.cornerRadius).CGPath;

Answer 2

I use the following method to accomplish this kind of effect:

extension UICollectionViewCell {
    /// Call this method from `prepareForReuse`, because the cell needs to be already rendered (and have a size) in order for this to work
    func shadowDecorate(radius: CGFloat = 8,
                        shadowColor: UIColor = UIColor(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0, alpha: 0.3),
                        shadowOffset: CGSize = CGSize(width: 0, height: 1.0),
                        shadowRadius: CGFloat = 3,
                        shadowOpacity: Float = 1) {
        contentView.layer.cornerRadius = radius
        contentView.layer.borderWidth = 1
        contentView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
        contentView.layer.masksToBounds = true

        layer.shadowColor = shadowColor.cgColor
        layer.shadowOffset = shadowOffset
        layer.shadowRadius = shadowRadius
        layer.shadowOpacity = shadowOpacity
        layer.masksToBounds = false
        layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: bounds, cornerRadius: radius).cgPath
        layer.cornerRadius = radius
    }
}

Answer 3

Swift 3 version:

cell.contentView.layer.cornerRadius = 10
cell.contentView.layer.borderWidth = 1.0

cell.contentView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
cell.contentView.layer.masksToBounds = true

cell.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.gray.cgColor
cell.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 2.0)
cell.layer.shadowRadius = 2.0
cell.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
cell.layer.masksToBounds = false
cell.layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath(roundedRect:cell.bounds, cornerRadius:cell.contentView.layer.cornerRadius).cgPath

Answer 4

In case it helps: Here is the swift for rounding the corners:

cell.layer.cornerRadius = 10
cell.layer.masksToBounds = true

with cell being a variable controlling the cell: often, you will use this in override func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell

Enjoy!

Answer 5

This one worked for me

cell.contentView.layer.cornerRadius = 5.0
cell.contentView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.gray.withAlphaComponent(0.5).cgColor
cell.contentView.layer.borderWidth = 0.5

let border = CALayer()
let width = CGFloat(2.0)
border.borderColor = UIColor.darkGray.cgColor
border.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: cell.contentView.frame.size.height - width, width:  cell.contentView.frame.size.width, height: cell.contentView.frame.size.height)

border.borderWidth = width
cell.contentView.layer.addSublayer(border)
cell.contentView.layer.masksToBounds = true
cell.contentView.clipsToBounds = true

Answer 6

Here's my take on the solution. It's similar to other answers, with one key difference. It doesn't create a path that's dependent on the bounds of the view. Anytime you create a path based on the bounds and provide it to the layer you can run into issues when it's resizing, and need to setup methods to update the path.

A simpler solution is to avoid using anything that is bounds dependent.

let radius: CGFloat = 10

self.contentView.layer.cornerRadius = radius
// Always mask the inside view
self.contentView.layer.masksToBounds = true

self.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
self.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 1.0)
self.layer.shadowRadius = 3.0
self.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5
// Never mask the shadow as it falls outside the view
self.layer.masksToBounds = false

// Matching the contentView radius here will keep the shadow
// in sync with the contentView's rounded shape
self.layer.cornerRadius = radius

Now when ever the cells size change the view API will do all the work internally.