Easy way to blur label

Question

Hi! Need to create blurred shadow under UILabel. Same text but with blur and offset. Since NSShadow not supported in the iPhone SDK only way I see is Quartz render. Is there simpliest solution ? Thanks

Answer 1

For 3.1 and below, no. You must use CoreGraphics.

For 3.2 and above, you can get the layer, and set the shadowRadius property.

Answer 2

I provide code to draw a shadow around a UILabel in my answer to this question. For an example of this in action, see the sample project I've created. A shadow of the same color as the text provides a nice blurring effect to the text in a label.