Text Shadow - iOS, swift 3.0

Question

I'm trying to make shadow size a bit bigger but I can't do it.

so far:

findAPlace.titleLabel?.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: -1, height: 1)
findAPlace.titleLabel?.layer.shouldRasterize = true
findAPlace.titleLabel?.layer.shadowRadius = 1
findAPlace.titleLabel?.layer.shadowOpacity = 1
findAPlace.titleLabel?.layer.shadowColor = UIColor(red:0.07, green:0.07, blue:0.07, alpha:1.0).cgColor

how to scale shadow to be bigger than the text itself?

something like this.

Maybe with a border can be done, My text is the title of a UIButton!!!I expect it to be all around text of the uiButton

Answer 1

You can follow this way to achieve the outlined text.

You have to use attributed string and use setAttributedTitle property of button to get required result.

Here is the code:

Swift 4

let strokeTextAttributes: [NSAttributedStringKey : Any] = [
    NSAttributedStringKey.strokeColor : UIColor.red,
    NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor : UIColor.gray,
    NSAttributedStringKey.strokeWidth : -2.0,
]

let attributedString = NSAttributedString(string: "text", attributes: strokeTextAttributes)
self.btnTemp.setAttributedTitle(attributedString, for: .normal)

Swift 3

let strokeTextAttributes = [
    NSStrokeColorAttributeName : UIColor.red,
    NSForegroundColorAttributeName : UIColor.gray,
    NSStrokeWidthAttributeName : -2.0,
] as [String : Any]

let attributedString = NSAttributedString(string: "text", attributes: strokeTextAttributes)
self.btnTemp.setAttributedTitle(attributedString, for: .normal)

Output: