Swift - Problems with corner radius and drop shado

Question

I'm trying to create a button with rounded corners and a drop shadow. No matter how I switch up, the button will not display correctly. I've tried masksToBounds = false and masksToBounds = true, but either the corner radius works and the shadow does not or the shadow works and the corner radius doesn't clip the corners of the button.

import UIKit
import QuartzCore

@IBDesignable
class Button : UIButton
{
    @IBInspectable var masksToBounds: Bool    = false                {didSet{updateLayerProperties()}}
    @IBInspectable var cornerRadius : CGFloat = 0                    {didSet{updateLayerProperties()}}
    @IBInspectable var borderWidth  : CGFloat = 0                    {didSet{updateLayerProperties()}}
    @IBInspectable var borderColor  : UIColor = UIColor.clearColor() {didSet{updateLayerProperties()}}
    @IBInspectable var shadowColor  : UIColor = UIColor.clearColor() {didSet{updateLayerProperties()}}
    @IBInspectable var shadowOpacity: CGFloat = 0                    {didSet{updateLayerProperties()}}
    @IBInspectable var shadowRadius : CGFloat = 0                    {didSet{updateLayerProperties()}}
    @IBInspectable var shadowOffset : CGSize  = CGSizeMake(0, 0)     {didSet{updateLayerProperties()}}

    override func drawRect(rect: CGRect)
    {
        updateLayerProperties()
    }

    func updateLayerProperties()
    {
        self.layer.masksToBounds = masksToBounds
        self.layer.cornerRadius = cornerRadius
        self.layer.borderWidth = borderWidth
        self.layer.borderColor = borderColor.CGColor
        self.layer.shadowColor = shadowColor.CGColor
        self.layer.shadowOpacity = CFloat(shadowOpacity)
        self.layer.shadowRadius = shadowRadius
        self.layer.shadowOffset = shadowOffset
    }
}

Answer 1

If somebody need add shadows to rounded buttons in Swift 3.0, here is a good method to do it.

func addShadowForRoundedButton(view: UIView, button: UIButton, shadowColor: UIColor, shadowOffset: CGSize, opacity: Float = 1) {
    let shadowView = UIView()
    shadowView.backgroundColor = shadowColor
    shadowView.layer.opacity = opacity
    shadowView.layer.cornerRadius = button.bounds.size.width / 2
    shadowView.frame = CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: button.frame.origin.x + shadowOffset.width, y: button.frame.origin.y + shadowOffset.height), size: CGSize(width: button.bouds.width, height: button.bounds.height))
    self.view.addSubview(shadowView)
    view.bringSubview(toFront: button)
}

Use this method in func viewDidLayoutSubviews() as bellow:

override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
    addShadowForRoundedButton(view: self.view, button: button, shadowColor: .black, shadowOffset: CGSize(width: 2, height: 2), opacity: 0.5)
}

The effect of this method is:

Answer 2

To improve PiterPan's answer and show a real shadow (not just a background with no blur) with a circular button in Swift 3:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    myButton.layer.masksToBounds = false
    myButton.layer.cornerRadius = myButton.frame.height/2
    myButton.clipsToBounds = true
}

override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
    addShadowForRoundedButton(view: self.view, button: myButton, opacity: 0.5)
}

func addShadowForRoundedButton(view: UIView, button: UIButton, opacity: Float = 1) {
    let shadowView = UIView()
    shadowView.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
    shadowView.layer.opacity = opacity
    shadowView.layer.shadowRadius = 5
    shadowView.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.35
    shadowView.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 0)
    shadowView.layer.cornerRadius = button.bounds.size.width / 2
    shadowView.frame = CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: button.frame.origin.x, y: button.frame.origin.y), size: CGSize(width: button.bounds.width, height: button.bounds.height))
    self.view.addSubview(shadowView)
    view.bringSubview(toFront: button)
}