Adding a drop shadow to NSString text in a drawRect: method without using UILabel

Question

I\'d like to add a drop shadow to text drawn using the iOS supplied NSString (UIStringDrawing) category method:

- (CGSize)drawAtPoint:(CGPoint)p         


        

Answer 1

It works fine for me with CGContextSetShadow(). Example:

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect 
{
    NSString *string = @"Hello World!";

    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGContextSetShadow(context, CGSizeMake(20.0f, 20.0f), 10.0f);

    [string drawAtPoint:CGPointMake(100.0f, 100.0f) withFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:36.0f]];
}