UICollectionViewCell shadow color

Question

In the new UICollectionView I do not see how to add a shadow to a UICollectionViewCell. How would I go about this. Would I add another view?

    [self.collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:[self.collectionView indexPathForItemAtPoint:[recognizer locationInView:[self view]]]].layer.shadowPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRect:rect].CGPath;
    [self.collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:[self.collectionView indexPathForItemAtPoint:[recognizer locationInView:[self view]]]].layer.shadowColor = [UIColor yellowColor].CGColor;
    [self.collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:[self.collectionView indexPathForItemAtPoint:[recognizer locationInView:[self view]]]].layer.shadowRadius = .5;
    [self.collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:[self.collectionView indexPathForItemAtPoint:[recognizer locationInView:[self view]]]].layer.shadowOpacity = .1;

Answer 1

You're forgetting to set masksToBounds on UIView to NO. This should work:

- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    PhotoCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"PhotoCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];

    cell.layer.masksToBounds = NO;
    cell.layer.borderColor = [UIColor whiteColor].CGColor;
    cell.layer.borderWidth = 7.0f;
    cell.layer.contentsScale = [UIScreen mainScreen].scale;
    cell.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.75f;
    cell.layer.shadowRadius = 5.0f;
    cell.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeZero;
    cell.layer.shadowPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRect:cell.bounds].CGPath;
    cell.layer.shouldRasterize = YES;

    return cell;
}