How to give bottom shadow to UIView in Swift 3?

Question

This I want

My Code

let shadowPath = UIBezierPath(rect: shadowView.bounds).cgPath
shadowView.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.grey.cgColor
shadowView.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 1)
shadowView.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5
shadowView.layer.masksToBounds = false
shadowView.layer.shadowPath = shadowPath
shadowView.layer.shadowRadius = 5

I want to implement exactly same shadow in my UIVIew. When I run my app with above code it spread over 4 sides. Notice : the shadow thin at both edges and bold at centre.

Answer 1

Try creating custom path:

let shadowPath = UIBezierPath()
shadowPath.move(to: CGPoint(x: someView.bounds.origin.x, y: someView.frame.size.height))
shadowPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: someView.bounds.width / 2, y: someView.bounds.height + 7.0))
shadowPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: someView.bounds.width, y: someView.bounds.height))
shadowPath.close()

shadowView.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.darkGray.cgColor
shadowView.layer.shadowOpacity = 1
shadowView.layer.masksToBounds = false
shadowView.layer.shadowPath = shadowPath.cgPath
shadowView.layer.shadowRadius = 5

This gives similiar results, try to customize points positions and other values to match your needs.

Answer 2

Slight change to @jonaszmclaren to give a rectangular shadow:

func makeBottomShadow(forView view: UIView, shadowHeight: CGFloat = 5) {
    let shadowPath = UIBezierPath()
    shadowPath.move(to: CGPoint(x: 0, y: view.bounds.height))
    shadowPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: view.bounds.width, y: view.bounds.height))
    shadowPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: view.bounds.width, y: view.bounds.height + shadowHeight))
    shadowPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: 0, y: view.bounds.height + shadowHeight))
    shadowPath.close()

    view.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.darkGray.cgColor
    view.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5
    view.layer.masksToBounds = false
    view.layer.shadowPath = shadowPath.cgPath
    view.layer.shadowRadius = 2
}