CODEWITHSUNDEEP
objective-cioscore-graphics
Padin215
Padin215

Reputation: 7484

Trouble with layer.shadowColor and UIColors

Trying to change the color of a shadow. This works:

self.layer.shadowColor = [[UIColor blueColor] CGColor];

enter image description here

but i want to make it a custom color, so i tried:

self.layer.shadowColor = [[UIColor colorWithRed:191/255.0f green:199/255.0f blue:203/255.0f alpha:1] CGColor];

enter image description here

which does not work.

what am i doing wrong?

EDIT:

code snippet from my init method:

self.layer.shadowOpacity = 0;
self.layer.shadowColor = [[UIColor blueColor] CGColor];
//self.layer.shadowColor = [[UIColor colorWithRed:191/255.0f green:199/255.0f blue:203/255.0f alpha:1] CGColor];
self.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0,0);
self.layer.shadowRadius = 4;

EDIT 2:

odd part is that i extended UIColor to include some of my custom colors; if i use:

self.layer.shadowColor = [[UIColor pointColorBlue] CGColor];

from my UIColor+myColor:

+(UIColor *) pointColorBlue
{
    return [UIColor colorWithRed:50/255.0f green:50/255.0f blue:255/255.0f alpha:1];
}

it works fine.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2401

Answers (2)

Padin215
Padin215

Reputation: 7484

Bah! figured it out: the graphics guy gave me that RGB value which is nearly identical to the background color!

Upvotes: 1

IluTov
IluTov

Reputation: 6852

Those should work.

But you have to do following:

CALayer newLayer = [CALayer layer];
newLayer.shadowColor = [[UIColor blueColor] CGColor];

self.layer = newLayer;
[self.layer setWantsLayer:YES];

It's important to reset the main layer, cause otherways it does not get drawn.

Upvotes: 0

Related Questions