I was originally seeking the answer to this question, but before I could ask it, the solution occurred to me, and it works perfectly.
Basically, my question way, under iOS 7 can you have a shadow layer that moves with parallax? The answer is yes, and here is how you do it;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.view.layer.masksToBounds = NO;
self.view.layer.cornerRadius = 2; // if you like rounded corners
self.view.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(1, 1);
self.view.layer.shadowRadius = 2;
self.view.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5;
UIInterpolatingMotionEffect *verticalMotionEffect = [[UIInterpolatingMotionEffect alloc] initWithKeyPath:@"layer.shadowOffset.height" type:UIInterpolatingMotionEffectTypeTiltAlongVerticalAxis];
verticalMotionEffect.minimumRelativeValue = @(20);
verticalMotionEffect.maximumRelativeValue = @(-20);
UIInterpolatingMotionEffect *horizontalMotionEffect = [[UIInterpolatingMotionEffect alloc] initWithKeyPath:@"layer.shadowOffset.width" type:UIInterpolatingMotionEffectTypeTiltAlongHorizontalAxis];
horizontalMotionEffect.minimumRelativeValue = @(20);
horizontalMotionEffect.maximumRelativeValue = @(-20);
UIMotionEffectGroup *group = [UIMotionEffectGroup new];
group.motionEffects = @[horizontalMotionEffect, verticalMotionEffect];
[self.view addMotionEffect:group];
}
Not particularly difficult.