How to create a glowing effect with a UILabel?

Question

I'm trying to achieve something exactly like this:

I've found a few questions related to mine:

The majority of the answers suggests modifying the UILabel's layer property by adjusting its shadow, and the questions are outdated.

I've tried the suggestions using the following code:

myLabel.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
myLabel.layer.shadowOffset = .zero
myLabel.layer.shadowRadius = 2.0
myLabel.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
myLabel.layer.masksToBounds = false
myLabel.layer.shouldRasterize = true

And got the following result:

The glow is not strong enough and doesn't disperse out more. I've tried playing around with offset, radius, and opacity but the glow was either the same or less distinct.

Is this still possible or is there a work-around that someone can suggest to me?

Thanks

try changing the shadowColor to white or some other bright colors — Saheb Roy, Jan 11 '18 at 07:13
[This](https://github.com/KrisYu/GlowLabel) might be useful to your case. — Ahmad F, Jan 11 '18 at 09:39

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 08 '19 at 21:33

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Change the shadow color to white:

myLabel.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.white.cgColor

edited Dec 08 '19 at 21:33

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From my experience this does not work. Shadow comes out dark looking - not like Pangu's desired image. – Kevin Teman Dec 07 '22 at 22:01

How to create a glowing effect with a UILabel?

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