VisualEffectView

UIVisualEffectView subclass with tint color. Applies a blurring effect to the content layered behind using UIBlurEffect.

$ pod try VisualEffectView

Requirements

• iOS 9.0+
• Swift 3.1 (VisualEffectView 2.x), Swift 2.3 (VisualEffectView 1.x)

Installation

CocoaPods

To install with CocoaPods, simply add this in your Podfile:

use_frameworks!
pod "VisualEffectView"

Carthage

To install with Carthage, simply add this in your Cartfile:

github "efremidze/VisualEffectView"

Manually

1. Download and drop VisualEffectView.swift in your project.
2. Congratulations!

Usage

Use the VisualEffectView like any UIView.

import VisualEffectView

let visualEffectView = VisualEffectView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 320, height: 480))

// Configure the view with tint color, blur radius, etc. For example:
//
// visualEffectView.colorTint = .redColor()
// visualEffectView.colorTintAlpha = 0.2
// visualEffectView.blurRadius = 10
// visualEffectView.scale = 1

addSubview(visualEffectView)

For more examples, take a look at the example project.

Customization

var colorTint: UIColor // tint color. default is nil
var colorTintAlpha: CGFloat // tint color alpha. default is 0
var blurRadius: CGFloat // blur radius. default is 0
var scale: CGFloat // scale factor. default is 1

Storyboard Support

Works great with storyboards and xibs.

Disclaimer

VisualEffectView utilizes a private UIKit API to do its magic. Use caution, submitting this code to the App Store adds the risk of being rejected!

Communication

• If you found a bug, open an issue.
• If you have a feature request, open an issue.
• If you want to contribute, submit a pull request.

Credits

https://github.com/collinhundley/APCustomBlurView

License

VisualEffectView is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.