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iphoneiosxcodeuilabel
hgpl
hgpl

Reputation: 869

Adding shade to label

I need the label as enter image description here

I created one label subclass.Where I write the code as,

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
    [super drawRect:rect];

    UIColor * textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:57.0/255.0 green:100.0/255.0 blue:154.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];

    CGContextRef c = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGContextSetLineWidth(c, 3.5);
    CGContextSetLineJoin(c, kCGLineJoinRound);

    CGContextSetTextDrawingMode(c, kCGTextFillStroke);;
    self.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    [super drawTextInRect:rect];

    CGContextSetTextDrawingMode(c, kCGTextFill);
    self.textColor = textColor;
 // self.shadowColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:11.0/255.0 green:63.0/255.0 blue:126.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];
  //self.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0.5, -0.5);
    [super drawTextInRect:rect];

}

By this I am getting the blue color text and white outline to that text.But I need to get the dark blue color shade. How can I do this? Please help me.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 592

Answers (2)

Franck
Franck

Reputation: 742

You should probably have a look at the CGContextSetShadowWithColor method.

CGContextSetShadowWithColor (
           context,
           shadowSize,
           shadowBlur,
           color
        );

I found an article that could help you on this website : http://majicjungle.com/blog/191/

EDIT

The following code works:

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{

    UIColor * textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:57.0/255.0 green:100.0/255.0 blue:154.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];

    CGContextRef c = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    //save the context before add shadow otherwise the shadow will appear for both stroke and fill
    CGContextSaveGState(c);

    //this is where I add the shadow, and it works
    CGContextSetShadowWithColor(c, CGSizeMake(2, 2), 3, [[UIColor grayColor] CGColor]);

    CGContextSetLineWidth(c, 3.5);
    CGContextSetLineJoin(c, kCGLineJoinRound);

    CGContextSetTextDrawingMode(c, kCGTextStroke);;
    self.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    [super drawTextInRect:rect];

    //restore the context to clear the shadow
    CGContextRestoreGState(c);
    CGContextSetTextDrawingMode(c, kCGTextFill);
    self.textColor = textColor;
    [super drawTextInRect:rect];
}

Upvotes: 1

Peter Sarnowski
Peter Sarnowski

Reputation: 11970

Have you tried using the standard quartz properties like:

label.layer.shadowColor
label.layer.shadowOffset

(you need the QuartzCore framework in your project and to import the header).

Upvotes: 0

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