UICollectionViewCell with rounded corners AND drop shadow not working

Question

I want my UICollectionViewCells to have rounded corners and drop shadows but I have run into a problem where it seems I can only have one or the other, but not both.

To just round the corners I use this code in the initialization of the cell:

CALayer *layer = [self layer];
[layer setCornerRadius:4];
[layer setRasterizationScale:[[UIScreen mainScreen] scale]];
[layer setShouldRasterize:YES];

To just add a drop shadow I use this code in the initialization of the cell:

CALayer *layer = [self layer];
[layer setMasksToBounds:NO];
[layer setRasterizationScale:[[UIScreen mainScreen] scale]];
[layer setShouldRasterize:YES];
[layer setShadowColor:[[UIColor blackColor] CGColor]];
[layer setShadowOffset:CGSizeMake(0.0f,0.5f)];
[layer setShadowRadius:8.0f];
[layer setShadowOpacity:0.2f];
[layer setShadowPath:[[UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:self.bounds cornerRadius:layer.cornerRadius] CGPath]];

To try and have rounded corners and a drop shadow I use this code in the initialization of the cell:

CALayer *layer = [self layer];
[layer setMasksToBounds:NO];
[layer setCornerRadius:4];
[layer setRasterizationScale:[[UIScreen mainScreen] scale]];
[layer setShouldRasterize:YES];
[layer setShadowColor:[[UIColor blackColor] CGColor]];
[layer setShadowOffset:CGSizeMake(0.0f,0.5f)];
[layer setShadowRadius:8.0f];
[layer setShadowOpacity:0.2f];
[layer setShadowPath:[[UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:self.bounds cornerRadius:layer.cornerRadius] CGPath]];

but this results in the drop shadow only.

Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

Works for me great:

-(UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
    {
        ...
        cell.layer.masksToBounds = YES;
        cell.layer.cornerRadius = 6;
        ...
        return cell;
    }

Answer 2

If you place all your subviews into the UICollectionViewCell content view, which you probably are, you can set the shadow on the cell's layer and the border on the contentView's layer to achieve both results.

cell.contentView.layer.cornerRadius = 2.0f;
cell.contentView.layer.borderWidth = 1.0f;
cell.contentView.layer.borderColor = [UIColor clearColor].CGColor;
cell.contentView.layer.masksToBounds = YES;

cell.layer.shadowColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor].CGColor;
cell.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, 2.0f);
cell.layer.shadowRadius = 2.0f;
cell.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0f;
cell.layer.masksToBounds = NO;
cell.layer.shadowPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:cell.bounds cornerRadius:cell.contentView.layer.cornerRadius].CGPath;

Swift 4.0

cell.contentView.layer.cornerRadius = 2.0
cell.contentView.layer.borderWidth = 1.0
cell.contentView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
cell.contentView.layer.masksToBounds = true
cell.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.lightGray.cgColor
cell.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 2.0)
cell.layer.shadowRadius = 2.0
cell.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
cell.layer.masksToBounds = false
cell.layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: cell.bounds, cornerRadius: cell.contentView.layer.cornerRadius).cgPath