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Asked: 2026-06-05T20:57:25+00:00

I have searched apple’s documentation and other posts on Stack Overflow, but I’m still

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I have searched apple’s documentation and other posts on Stack Overflow, but I’m still having trouble adding a shadow to the inside of a UITextView. I would like to make it look like a UITextField. Here’s the code that I’ve tried.

CALayer *frontLayer = self.frontField.layer;
[frontLayer setBorderColor:CGColorCreate(CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceGray(), nil)];
[frontLayer setBorderWidth:1];
[frontLayer setCornerRadius:5];
[frontLayer setShadowRadius:10.0];
CGSize shadowOffset = {0.0,3.0};
[frontLayer setShadowOffset:shadowOffset];
[frontLayer setShadowOpacity:1];
self.frontField.clipsToBounds = YES;

Where am I going wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Start off simple and try this:

    [myTextView.layer setShadowColor:[[UIColor blackColor] CGColor]];
[myTextView.layer setShadowOffset:CGSizeMake(1.0, 1.0)];
[myTextView.layer setShadowOpacity:1.0];
[myTextView.layer setShadowRadius:0.3];
[myTextView.layer.masksToBounds = NO]; //<-- for UITextView!

    to optimise performance also add: 

    view.layer.shadowPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRect:myTextView.bounds].CGPath;

    Then you can add your other properties back in 1 by 1 and see what is causing an issue for you.

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