给我的 UIView 添加阴影的最好方法是什么

Try this:

UIBezierPath *shadowPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRect:view.bounds];
view.layer.masksToBounds = NO;
view.layer.shadowColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
view.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0.0f, 5.0f);
view.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5f;
view.layer.shadowPath = shadowPath.CGPath;

First of all: The UIBezierPath used as shadowPath is crucial. If you don't use it, you might not notice a difference at first, but the keen eye will observe a certain lag occurring during events like rotating the device and/or similar. It's an important performance tweak.

Regarding your issue specifically: The important line is view.layer.masksToBounds = NO. It disables the clipping of the view's layer's sublayers that extend further than the view's bounds.

For those wondering what the difference between masksToBounds (on the layer) and the view's own clipToBounds property is: There isn't really any. Toggling one will have an effect on the other. Just a different level of abstraction.

Swift 2.2:

override func layoutSubviews()
{
super.layoutSubviews()


let shadowPath = UIBezierPath(rect: bounds)
layer.masksToBounds = false
layer.shadowColor = UIColor.blackColor().CGColor
layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0.0, 5.0)
layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5
layer.shadowPath = shadowPath.CGPath
}

Swift 3:

override func layoutSubviews()
{
super.layoutSubviews()


let shadowPath = UIBezierPath(rect: bounds)
layer.masksToBounds = false
layer.shadowColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0.0, height: 5.0)
layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5
layer.shadowPath = shadowPath.cgPath
}

The trick is defining the masksToBounds property of your view's layer properly:

view.layer.masksToBounds = NO;

and it should work.

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Wasabii's answer in Swift 2.3:

let shadowPath = UIBezierPath(rect: view.bounds)
view.layer.masksToBounds = false
view.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.blackColor().CGColor
view.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 0.5)
view.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.2
view.layer.shadowPath = shadowPath.CGPath

And in Swift 3/4/5:

let shadowPath = UIBezierPath(rect: view.bounds)
view.layer.masksToBounds = false
view.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
view.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 0.5)
view.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.2
view.layer.shadowPath = shadowPath.cgPath

Put this code in layoutSubviews() if you're using AutoLayout.

In SwiftUI, this is all much easier:

Color.yellow  // or whatever your view
.shadow(radius: 3)
.frame(width: 200, height: 100)

On viewWillLayoutSubviews:

override func viewWillLayoutSubviews() {
sampleView.layer.masksToBounds =  false
sampleView.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.darkGrayColor().CGColor;
sampleView.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(2.0, 2.0)
sampleView.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
}

Using Extension of UIView:

extension UIView {


func addDropShadowToView(targetView:UIView? ){
targetView!.layer.masksToBounds =  false
targetView!.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.darkGrayColor().CGColor;
targetView!.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(2.0, 2.0)
targetView!.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
}
}

Usage:

sampleView.addDropShadowToView(sampleView)

You can create an extension for UIView to access these values in the design editor

extension UIView{


@IBInspectable var shadowOffset: CGSize{
get{
return self.layer.shadowOffset
}
set{
self.layer.shadowOffset = newValue
}
}


@IBInspectable var shadowColor: UIColor{
get{
return UIColor(cgColor: self.layer.shadowColor!)
}
set{
self.layer.shadowColor = newValue.cgColor
}
}


@IBInspectable var shadowRadius: CGFloat{
get{
return self.layer.shadowRadius
}
set{
self.layer.shadowRadius = newValue
}
}


@IBInspectable var shadowOpacity: Float{
get{
return self.layer.shadowOpacity
}
set{
self.layer.shadowOpacity = newValue
}
}
}

You can set shadow to your view from storyboard also

So yes, you should prefer the shadowPath property for performance, but also: From the header file of CALayer.shadowPath

Specifying the path explicitly using this property will usually * improve rendering performance, as will sharing the same path * reference across multiple layers

A lesser known trick is sharing the same reference across multiple layers. Of course they have to use the same shape, but this is common with table/collection view cells.

I don't know why it gets faster if you share instances, i'm guessing it caches the rendering of the shadow and can reuse it for other instances in the view. I wonder if this is even faster with