Text Shadow - iOS, swift 3.0 - ios

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 do in this way
Actually You need to use setTitleShadowColor instead of titleLabel?.layer.shadowColor
Here is full working code
let btnTemp = UIButton(type: .custom)
btnTemp.frame = CGRect(x: 50, y: 200, width: 150, height: 40)
btnTemp.setTitle("Hello", for: .normal)
btnTemp.titleLabel?.layer.shouldRasterize = true
btnTemp.titleLabel?.layer.shadowRadius = 1.0
btnTemp.titleLabel?.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
btnTemp.setTitleColor(UIColor.blue, for: .normal)
btnTemp.backgroundColor = UIColor.gray
btnTemp.titleLabel?.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: -1, height: 1)
btnTemp.setTitleShadowColor(UIColor(red:0.07, green:0.07, blue:0.07, alpha:1.0), for: .normal)
self.view.addSubview(btnTemp)
Hope it helps
Output:

Answer 2

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: