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

You can set shadow color, radius and offset in UICollectionViewDataSource method while creating a UICollectionViewCell

cell.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.gray.cgColor
cell.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 2.0)
cell.layer.shadowRadius = 1.0
cell.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5
cell.layer.masksToBounds = false

Answer 2

Here the Swift 4 solution, updated to round every corners and not only the top corners:

contentView.layer.cornerRadius = 6.0
contentView.layer.borderWidth = 1.0
contentView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
contentView.layer.masksToBounds = true

layer.shadowColor = UIColor.lightGray.cgColor
layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 2.0)
layer.shadowRadius = 6.0
layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
layer.masksToBounds = false
layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: bounds, cornerRadius: contentView.layer.cornerRadius).cgPath
layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor

Answer 3

SWIFT 4.2

One should add this in your custom cell or cellForItemAt: If you are using the cellForItemAt: approach substitute self -> cell

        self.layer.cornerRadius = 10
        self.layer.borderWidth = 1.0
        self.layer.borderColor = UIColor.lightGray.cgColor

        self.layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.white.cgColor
        self.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.gray.cgColor
        self.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 2.0, height: 4.0)
        self.layer.shadowRadius = 2.0
        self.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
        self.layer.masksToBounds = false

This will give you a cell with a rounded border and a drop shadow.