Inner shadow effect on UIView layer?

Question

I have the following CALayer:

CAGradientLayer *gradient = [CAGradientLayer layer];
gradient.frame = CGRectMake(8, 57, 296, 30);
gradient.cornerRadius = 3.0f;
gradient.colors = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:(id)[RGB(130, 0, 140) CGColor], (id)[RGB(108, 0, 120) CGColor], nil];
[self.layer insertSublayer:gradient atIndex:0];

I'd like to add an inner shadow effect to it, but I am not quite sure how to do this. I suppose I would be required to draw in drawRect, however this would add the layer on top of other UIView objects, since it's supposed to be a bar behind some buttons, so I am at a loss as to what to do?

I could add another layer, but again, not sure how to achieve the inner shadow effect (like this:

Help appreciated...

Answer 1

Here is a version of swift, change startPoint and endPoint to make it on each side.

        let layer = CAGradientLayer()
        layer.startPoint    = CGPointMake(0.5, 0.0);
        layer.endPoint      = CGPointMake(0.5, 1.0);
        layer.colors        = [UIColor(white: 0.1, alpha: 1.0).CGColor, UIColor(white: 0.1, alpha: 0.5).CGColor, UIColor.clearColor().CGColor]
        layer.locations     = [0.05, 0.2, 1.0 ]
        layer.frame         = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.width, 60)
        self.view.layer.insertSublayer(layer, atIndex: 0)

Answer 2

I'm very late to the the party but I'd like to give back to the community.. This is a method I wrote to remove UITextField background Image as I was supplying a Static Library and NO Resources... I used this for a PIN Entry screen of four UITextField instances that could display One character raw or (BOOL)[self isUsingBullets] or (BOOL)[self usingAsterisks] in ViewController. App is for iPhone/iPhone retina/iPad/iPad Retina so I do not have to supply four images...

#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>

- (void)setTextFieldInnerGradient:(UITextField *)textField
{

    [textField setSecureTextEntry:self.isUsingBullets];
    [textField setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
    [textField setTextColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
    [textField setBorderStyle:UITextBorderStyleNone];
    [textField setClipsToBounds:YES];

    [textField.layer setBorderColor:[[UIColor blackColor] CGColor]];
    [textField.layer setBorderWidth:1.0f];

    // make a gradient off-white background
    CAGradientLayer *gradient = [CAGradientLayer layer];
    CGRect gradRect = CGRectInset([textField bounds], 3, 3);    // Reduce Width and Height and center layer
    gradRect.size.height += 2;  // minimise Bottom shadow, rely on clipping to remove these 2 pts.

    gradient.frame = gradRect;
    struct CGColor *topColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0.6f alpha:1.0f].CGColor;
    struct CGColor *bottomColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0.9f alpha:1.0f].CGColor;
    // We need to use this fancy __bridge object in order to get the array we want.
    gradient.colors = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:(__bridge id)topColor, (__bridge id)bottomColor, nil];
    [gradient setCornerRadius:4.0f];
    [gradient setShadowOffset:CGSizeMake(0, 0)];
    [gradient setShadowColor:[[UIColor whiteColor] CGColor]];
    [gradient setShadowOpacity:1.0f];
    [gradient setShadowRadius:3.0f];

    // Now we need to Blur the edges of this layer "so it blends"
    // This rasterizes the view down to 4x4 pixel chunks then scales it back up using bilinear filtering...
    // it's EXTREMELY fast and looks ok if you are just wanting to blur a background view under a modal view.
    // To undo it, just set the rasterization scale back to 1.0 or turn off rasterization.
    [gradient setRasterizationScale:0.25];
    [gradient setShouldRasterize:YES];

    [textField.layer insertSublayer:gradient atIndex:0];

    if (self.usingAsterisks) {
        [textField setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:80.0]];
    } else {
        [textField setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:40.0]];
    }
    [textField setTextAlignment:UITextAlignmentCenter];
    [textField setEnabled:NO];
}

I hope this helps someone as this forum has helped me.

Answer 3

This is your solution, which I've exported from PaintCode :

-(void) drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    //// Shadow Declarations
    UIColor* shadow = UIColor.whiteColor;
    CGSize shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, 0);
    CGFloat shadowBlurRadius = 10;

    //// Rectangle Drawing
    UIBezierPath* rectanglePath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRect: self.bounds];
    [[UIColor blackColor] setFill];
    [rectanglePath fill];

    ////// Rectangle Inner Shadow
    CGContextSaveGState(context);
    UIRectClip(rectanglePath.bounds);
    CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, CGSizeZero, 0, NULL);

    CGContextSetAlpha(context, CGColorGetAlpha([shadow CGColor]));
    CGContextBeginTransparencyLayer(context, NULL);
    {
        UIColor* opaqueShadow = [shadow colorWithAlphaComponent: 1];
        CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, shadowOffset, shadowBlurRadius, [opaqueShadow CGColor]);
        CGContextSetBlendMode(context, kCGBlendModeSourceOut);
        CGContextBeginTransparencyLayer(context, NULL);

        [opaqueShadow setFill];
        [rectanglePath fill];

        CGContextEndTransparencyLayer(context);
    }
    CGContextEndTransparencyLayer(context);
    CGContextRestoreGState(context);
}

Answer 4

Check the great article of Inner Shadows in Quartz by Chris Emery wich explains how the inner shadows are drawn by PaintCode and gives a clean and neat code snippet:

- (void)drawInnerShadowInContext:(CGContextRef)context
                        withPath:(CGPathRef)path
                     shadowColor:(CGColorRef)shadowColor
                          offset:(CGSize)offset
                      blurRadius:(CGFloat)blurRadius 
{
    CGContextSaveGState(context);

    CGContextAddPath(context, path);
    CGContextClip(context);

    CGColorRef opaqueShadowColor = CGColorCreateCopyWithAlpha(shadowColor, 1.0);

    CGContextSetAlpha(context, CGColorGetAlpha(shadowColor));
    CGContextBeginTransparencyLayer(context, NULL);
        CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, offset, blurRadius, opaqueShadowColor);
        CGContextSetBlendMode(context, kCGBlendModeSourceOut);
        CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, opaqueShadowColor);
        CGContextAddPath(context, path);
        CGContextFillPath(context);
    CGContextEndTransparencyLayer(context);

    CGContextRestoreGState(context);

    CGColorRelease(opaqueShadowColor);
}

Answer 5

Here is my solution in Swift 4.2. Would you want to try?

final class ACInnerShadowLayer : CAShapeLayer {

  var innerShadowColor: CGColor? = UIColor.black.cgColor {
    didSet { setNeedsDisplay() }
  }

  var innerShadowOffset: CGSize = .zero {
    didSet { setNeedsDisplay() }
  }

  var innerShadowRadius: CGFloat = 8 {
    didSet { setNeedsDisplay() }
  }

  var innerShadowOpacity: Float = 1 {
    didSet { setNeedsDisplay() }
  }

  override init() {
    super.init()

    masksToBounds = true
    contentsScale = UIScreen.main.scale

    setNeedsDisplay()
  }

  override init(layer: Any) {
      if let layer = layer as? InnerShadowLayer {
          innerShadowColor = layer.innerShadowColor
          innerShadowOffset = layer.innerShadowOffset
          innerShadowRadius = layer.innerShadowRadius
          innerShadowOpacity = layer.innerShadowOpacity
      }
      super.init(layer: layer)
  }

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

  override func draw(in ctx: CGContext) {
    ctx.setAllowsAntialiasing(true)
    ctx.setShouldAntialias(true)
    ctx.interpolationQuality = .high

    let colorspace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB()

    var rect = bounds
    var radius = cornerRadius

    if borderWidth != 0 {
      rect = rect.insetBy(dx: borderWidth, dy: borderWidth)
      radius -= borderWidth
      radius = max(radius, 0)
    }

    let innerShadowPath = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: rect, cornerRadius: radius).cgPath
    ctx.addPath(innerShadowPath)
    ctx.clip()

    let shadowPath = CGMutablePath()
    let shadowRect = rect.insetBy(dx: -rect.size.width, dy: -rect.size.width)
    shadowPath.addRect(shadowRect)
    shadowPath.addPath(innerShadowPath)
    shadowPath.closeSubpath()

    if let innerShadowColor = innerShadowColor, let oldComponents = innerShadowColor.components {
      var newComponets = Array<CGFloat>(repeating: 0, count: 4) // [0, 0, 0, 0] as [CGFloat]
      let numberOfComponents = innerShadowColor.numberOfComponents

      switch numberOfComponents {
      case 2:
        newComponets[0] = oldComponents[0]
        newComponets[1] = oldComponents[0]
        newComponets[2] = oldComponents[0]
        newComponets[3] = oldComponents[1] * CGFloat(innerShadowOpacity)
      case 4:
        newComponets[0] = oldComponents[0]
        newComponets[1] = oldComponents[1]
        newComponets[2] = oldComponents[2]
        newComponets[3] = oldComponents[3] * CGFloat(innerShadowOpacity)
      default:
        break
      }

      if let innerShadowColorWithMultipliedAlpha = CGColor(colorSpace: colorspace, components: newComponets) {
        ctx.setFillColor(innerShadowColorWithMultipliedAlpha)
        ctx.setShadow(offset: innerShadowOffset, blur: innerShadowRadius, color: innerShadowColorWithMultipliedAlpha)
        ctx.addPath(shadowPath)
        ctx.fillPath(using: .evenOdd)
      }
    } 
  }
}

Answer 6

There's a simple solution - just draw the normal shadow and rotate, like this

@objc func shadowView() -> UIView {
        let shadowView = UIView(frame: .zero)
        shadowView.backgroundColor = .white
        shadowView.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.grey.cgColor
        shadowView.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 2)
        shadowView.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
        shadowView.layer.shadowRadius = 4
        shadowView.layer.compositingFilter = "multiplyBlendMode"
        return shadowView
    }

func idtm_addBottomShadow() {
        let shadow = shadowView()
        shadow.transform = transform.rotated(by: 180 * CGFloat(Double.pi))
        shadow.transform = transform.rotated(by: -1 * CGFloat(Double.pi))
        shadow.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        addSubview(shadow)
        NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
            shadow.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor),
            shadow.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: trailingAnchor),
            shadow.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor),
            shadow.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 1),
            ])
    }